Put the verbs in brackets in the past simple or the past continuous. 1 He ..... (get) a job on a ship when he was 14. 2 The boys ..... (find) a wooden box in the garden. 3 The sailors ..... (clean) the boat while the officers ..... (have) a meeting. 4 He ..... (walk) in the forest when he heard a strange noise. 5 The men ..... (drive) to Madrid at 9 o'clock last night.

Вот решение заданий: 1. He got a job on a ship when he was 14. (Past Simple, так как это завершенное действие в прошлом.) 2. The boys found a wooden box in the garden. (Past Simple, обозначает однократное действие в прошлом.) 3. The sailors were cleaning the boat while the officers were having a meeting. (Past Continuous, оба действия происходили одновременно в прошлом.) 4. He was walking in the forest when he heard a strange noise. (Past Continuous описывает продолжительное действие, которое было прервано другим действием в Past Simple.) 5. The men were driving to Madrid at 9 o'clock last night. (Past Continuous, действие происходило в определенное время в прошлом.)