:5. put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous. 1. he … (sit) in a cafe, when i … (come) in. 2. my friend … (talk) to the teacher, when i … (see) him. 3. the boy … (fall) and … (hurt) himself while he … (ride) his bicycle. 4. she … (wait) for her sister when the rain … (start). 5. when the pupils … (hear) the bell, they … (get up) and … (leave). 6. while she … (play) the piano, i … (write) a letter. 7. he … (go) to the university when i … (meet) him. 8. our friends … (discuss) something when we … (interrupt) them. 9. my mother … (watch) tv when i … (come) into the room. 10. when i … (look) out of the window, i … (see) that it … (rain) hard and people … (hurry) along the street. 11. we … (leave) the house when the telephone … (ring). 12. i … (sit) on the river bank when my friends … (join) me. 13. when i … (come) up to him, he … (speak) to his friends. 14. we … (meet) her when she … (walk) home. 15. when she … (enter) the room, i … (stand) at the window. 16. i … (watch) tv when somebody … (knock) at the door. 17. she … (water) the flowers while her husband … (watch) tv. 18. when we … (enter) the room, he … (smoke and look) at the picture. 19. what … you … (do), when i … (ring) you up yesterday? 20. as he … (cross) the street, he … (slip and fall).
2was talking.saw
3fell.hurt.was riding
4was waiting.started
5heard.got up.left
6was playing.was writing
7was going.met
8were discussing.interrupted
9was watching.came
10looked .saw.was raining.were hurrying.
11were leaving.rang
12was sitting.joined
13came.was speaking
14met.was walking
15entered.was standing
16was watching.knocked
17was watering.was watching
18entered.was smoking and looking
19what were you doing.rang
20crossing.slipped and fell