Activity 1: Change the verbs in brackets to the past tense: simple, continuous, or perfect

1.    While I _______________________(play) football I_______(hurt) my leg.

2.The police _____(go) to the bank after a neighbor ______(phone) to tell them what __________(happen). They soon ____________ (discover) that the robbers _____________ (escape) in a stolen car. The men _________ (kill) one of the guards who _________(try) to stop them as they _____________ (drive) away. The guard ______________ (jump) out in front of them but they just _________________ (run) over him. 

3.Suddenly they _________(hear) a strange noise and _______(look) at each other in terror. All evening they ___________ (play) cards and ____________ (watch) TV without  thinking of the ghost.