Question

Поставьте слово в скобочках в past simple или past continuous 1)sally (eat) dinner last night when someone (knock) on the door. 2)i began to study at seven last night. fred (come) at seven - thirty. i (study) when fred (come) 3) while i (study) last night,fred (drop by) to visit me. 4)my roommate's parents (call) him last night while we (watch) tv. 5)my mother called me around five. my husband came home a little after five. when he (come) hjme,i (talk) to my mother on the phjne/ 6) yesterday tom and janice (go) to the zoo around one. they (see) many kinds of animals.they stayed at the zoo for two hours. while they (walk) home it (begin) to rain, so they (stop) at a small café and (have) a cup of coffee. 7) yesterday afternoon i (go) to visit the parker family. when i (get) there around two o’clock, mrs. parker (be) in the yard. she (plant) flowers in her garden. mr. parker (be) in the garage. he (work) on his car. he (change) the oil.

Answer 1

1) Were eating, knocked
2) Came, was studing came
3) Was studing, dropped
4) Called, were watching TV
5) Come, was talking.
6) Went, saw, were walking, began, stopped, had
7) Went, was getting, was, planted, was, worked, changed.
На будущее, если идет последовательность действий, то это Past Simple, если действие в процессе, то Past Continious (Например, когда я пришел, мама мыла посуду. Мама мыла посуду будет в Past Cont, так как действие в процессе.) Обычно после слова While тоже употребляется Past Continious