Complete the sentences with while or when. 1. We were playing basketball it began to rain. 2. The dog…

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We were talking about Francis

when ____________.

He was playing the guitar when____________ .

She was watching a film when _________.

I was riding my bike when__________.

They were eatin

g dinner when___________.

We were painting the door when___________.

You were driving him home when _____________.

He was feeding the dogs when____________.

Was she reading these lines when_______________?

Were they carrying bags when_____________?

The doctor was examining the patient when___________.

We were sleeping when ________.

She was watering the flowers when _________.

They were exploring the island when suddenly __________.

She was suffering of a bad headache when ___________.

He was breathing deeply, while the doctor______________.

The girls were picking the flowers while the boys___________.

The cat was climbing the tree while the dog___________.

We were smelling the honeysuckle while___________.

The workers were building the house while _____________.

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Write sentences with the Past continuous.
1 Max was eating pizza. * (make pizza)
Max wasn’t eating pizza. He was making pizza.
2 Julia and I were watching TV. X (listen to music)
3 Ben and Daniel were walking. * (run)
4 I was doing my homework. * (read my emails)
5 You were walking to school. X (ride your bike)​

Complete the sentences. Use Past Perfect Continuous.
|) She.(learn) Spanish for five years before she could speak
fluently
2) It was lunchtime and Sam .(work) for three hours when his
boss came
3) Tom.(not talk) very loudly so in the end I couldn’t understand
him at all.
4) . .you. (cook) the cake long enough when you took it out?
5) They. (live) in this city for almost three years when their son
came back to England
6) How long. she.(wait) before he came?
7) We were very wet when we came home because we.(walk) in the
rain for a long time
Mark tried to stop Dan who.(shout) for the last tem minutes
9) Sally. (type) this text for 3 hours before Mark came.
10) Anthony .(wait) for his airplane for 3 hours when its delay
was announced.
11) I saw many huge puddles. .(rain) hard?
12) Sam did not even realize what a hard time Molly. (have)​

1. Alexander Graham Bell. the telephone

A. had been inventing

B. was inventing

C. had invented

D. invented

2. Our neighbours called the police when they found out that somebody . into their house.

A. had broken

B. Broke

C. had been breaking

D. was breaking

3. Lynne. as she was cleaning the windows.

A. had sung

B. sang

C. was singing

D. had been singing

4. Mr Todd. for thirty years when he retired.

A. was teaching

B. taught

C. had taught

D. had been teaching

5. I . the door and stepped outside.

A. had been opening

B. was opening

C. had opened

D. opened

6. Eve was delighted to hear that she . the job.

A. had been getting

B. got

C. was getting

D. had got

7. It wasn’t raining when I left my office in the evening, but the ground was wet. It . all day.

A. had been raining

B. was raining

C. rained

D. had rained

8. We . in a hotel by the sea last summer.

A. had been staying

B. were staying

C. had stayed

D. stayed

9. Rescue workers . a man, a woman, and two children from cold rushing water.

A. had been pulling

B. were pulling

C. pulled

D. had pulled

10. I was running when I . on the ice.

A. had been slipping

B. was slipping

C. slipped

D. had slipped

11. My tooth .for a week before I went to the dentist’s.

A. had hurt

B. had been hurting

C. was hurting

D. hurt

12. We.along the beach when we heard a cry for help.

A. had walked

B. walked

C. had been walking

D. were walking

13. I could tell she.the competition because she couldn’t stop smiling.

A. won

B. had been winning

C. had won

D. was winning

14. Where . you yesterday?

A. were

B. were being

C. had been

D. was

15. While Joanne . her hair, Carl was cleaning the house.

A. was washing

B. had been washing

C. had washed

D. washed

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3. Complete with Past Simple or Past Continuous.(40)
1) It . (rain) when I woke up this morning. 2) We.(sleep) when the phone rang. 3) The students.(not/write) 4) She . 5) I.….…. .(not/ do) anything special when you called. 6).…. it. . .(snow) when the plane land?» Yes, it . 7) The dogs. (wait) at the kitchen door when my mother went out to feed them. . you. (text) your boyfriend when your mother walked into your room? 9) Our software engineers.(create) two new video games last month. 10) I’m sorry, but I. . (break) your video game console. their essays when the teacher walked in. .(watch) TV when her friends arrived.​

3 Make questions. Use the question words in brackets. 1 She left the party early. (Why?) 2 They were having dinner. (Where?) 3 The exams began yesterday. (What time?) 4 You were doing something when I called. (What?) 5 He was listening to someone.

1. I ______ to the city center.
are driving
is driving
driving
am driving
2. He _____ to music now.
listening
am listening
is listening
are listening
3. Mary _____ a French book.
am reading
reading
are reading
is reading
4. Mr Smith is busy. He ______ on the phone.
are talking
talking
is talking
am talking
5. — Mom, I’m busy.
— ______ ?
Is you studying
Are you studying
You are studying

You studying
6. — He’s very good at Maths.
— ______ classes?
are he talking
Is he taking
He is taking
is he take
7. — It’s time to have dinner.
— ______?
They are cooking
Are they cook
Is they cooking
Are they cooking
8. We ______ now. We’ve finished.
not exercising
aren’t exercising
not exercise
isn’t exercising
9. — Are you using the computer?
— No, _____
we not
we are
we don’t
we aren’t
10. — Is the boy sleeping?
— Yes, _____ .
he is
he isn’t
he sleeping
he’s
11. I ______ anything at the moment.
amn’t writing
not writing
am not writing
not write
12. Why ____ ?
are you crying
you cry
are you criing
you crying
13. What _____ today?
they wear
are they wearing
are they wear
they are wearing
14. They are not at home. They _____ out.
eat
am eating
are eating
eating
15. Mike is in the bathroom. He ______ a shower.
is taking
take
takes
taking⁹​

13. The pupils still (write) their compositions when the bell (ring). 14. She (walk) along the street when she (see) an old friend. 15. The woman was very tired, and she (lie) on her bed when her children (come) home from school. 16. The sun (rise) when I (wake) up this morning. 17. The sick child (sleep) when the doctor (come). 18. I (read) the newspaper when I (hear) a strange noise. 19. It (rain) hard when I (go) out this morning. 20. We (listen) to the wireless when the telephone bell (ring). 21. The little boy (fish) when he (fall) into the river. 22. Jack’s mother (cook) the dinner when he (come) home from school. 23. A lot of people (see) this accident while they (wait) for the bus. 24. He often (go) to the British Museum when he (study) at London University. 25. He (fall) down and (break) his leg while he (play) football. 26. The travelers (reach) the town just as the sun (set). 27. The boy (jump) off the bus while it (go). 28. The hunter (shoot) and (kill) the lion just as it (jump) on him. 29. Mary’s mother often (sing) while she (cook) in the kitchen.

30. The old man never (go) out when it (rain).

1)My room (was, were, had) very messy and my mum told me to clean it.
2)When she came home, he (had been practising, practised was practiced), for two hours.
3) She (was taking, were taking, had taken) him home yesterday at noon.
4) Jane (were helping, had been helping, helped) me with my homework yesterday.
5) It (was, had, was been) a very harmful experiment.​

2. GRAMMAR. .
2.1
Change the verbs in brackets into the past tense. Some are regular and
some are irregular.
a
Yesterday (to be) 1).
busy day. I (wake)
2)
up at 6am, (have) 3)
breakfast quickly and
then I (go) 4).
to work. I (finish) 4).
at noon
and then (eat)
(eat) 5)
some lunch.
Afterwards I (drive)
6)
to the shops, (buy) 7).
some paint and then
(paint)
my bedroom. My housemate (come)
9)
home from work so I (help) 10.
him paint
his room, then we (repair) 11)
his chair. After that I (clean)
12)
my house. I (vacuum) 13).
all the
downstairs and then (tidy) 14).
up the living room and the
kitchen. I was pretty tired by then so I (eat) 15).
some dinner and
(go) 16)
to bed!​