Question

Simple past or past continuous
8 Peter……………….. (start) working for IBM ten years ago, when he……………………… (leave) university.
9 He…………………….. (injure) his knee badly when he………………………. (play) soccer yesterday.
10 He……………………... (catch) an infection while he……………………. (Recover) from surgery.
11 How fast……………………….. (you/ drive) when the accident………………… (happen)?
12 I…………………… (not/ understand) a Word she………………….. (say).
13 Paul…………………. (meer) Janet when he………………. (be) an exchange student in Edinburgh in 2005. They……………………………… (get married) the following year.
14 How much money…………………… (you/ make) during the last summer holidays? . Quite a bit, actually. I………………. (have) a great job in a luxury hotel.

Answer 1

Simple past or past continuous 
8 Peter STARTED working for IBM ten years ago, when he……………………… (LEFT) university.
9 He…………………….. (injureD) his knee badly when he………………………. (playED) soccer yesterday.
10 He……………………... (catchED) an infection while he……………………. (RecoverED) from surgery.
11 How fast……………………….. (YOU WERE DRIVING) when the accident………………… (happenED)?
12 I…………………… (DIDn't/ understand) a Word she………………….. (saID).
13 Paul…………………. (meT) Janet when he………………. (WAS) an exchange student in Edinburgh in 2005. They……………………………… (gOt married) the following year.
14 How much money…………………… (you/ maDE) during the last summer holidays? . Quite a bit, actually. I………………. (haD) a great job in a luxury hotel.