III. Choose the correct answer
1. The Smiths aren't painting/ weren't painting their house last weekend
2. Tom cleaned/ was cleaning the living room when Jane arrived
3. Did/ Were the students writing an essay in class this morning?
4. Frank was fixing/ fixed his car when his mobile rang
5. Mark didn't wear/wasn't wearing a coat when it started to rain.
6. He is/was driving to work this morning when Anna called.
7. While my parents were working/ was working, I was studying at home
8. I walked/ was walking home when I tripped/ was tripping and fell
9. At 8 o'clock last night, we were having/ had dinner at a Chinese restaurant
IV.Complete the sentences with the past simple or the past continuous form the verbs.
1. Peter
(play) a video game when his brother, Jack,
(enter) the
room.
2. I
from work.
3. Emma
4. I
5. I
6. I
(sleep)
7. It (be)
park. The sun
9. Tom
They
****
10. The little boy
story.
(study) for my English test when my mother
8. My brother and sister
into the room.
(wash) the dishes when the telephone
(ate) a sandwich while my parents
(watch) a DVD when my cat
(jump) on me.
(not hear) the thunder during the storm last night because I
beautiful yesterday when we
(shine). The birds
(go) to his friend's house, but the boys
(play) soccer in the vacant lot down the street.
(fall) asleep while his mother
11. I really
Iowa, the sun
12. It
(snow) when I
13. It was a sunny afternoon and people
suddenly it
(start) to rain.
(ring).
(drink) coffee.
(sing).
(talk) anout something when I
(come) home
(enjoy) my holiday last January. While it
(shine) in Floria.
(go) for a walk in the
(walk)
(not be) there.
(leave) home this morning.
(read) him a
(snow) in
(sit) on the grass in the park. Then