1. When the police arrived, the car had been gone.
2. While we were eating, our friends died on the beach.
3. While Tom was playing the piano, his mother was doing their work.
4. I went to the market after they had finished dinner.
5. The light went out while I was having dinner.
6. He had done nothing before he saw me.
7. When they got to the station, the train had left.
8. The house caught fire while they were sleeping.
9. While Tom was reading, Amely was watching a documentary on TV.
10. The burglar opened the door and heard footsteps. He immediately put himself under the bed.
11. Last night I dropped a plate when I was doing the washing-up. Fortunately, it did not break.
12. Mary and I were dancing in the house when the telephone rang.
13. I was opening the letter when the wind blew it out of my hand.
14. The boy fell and hurt himself while he was riding a bicycle.

1. He was in prison for twenty-seven years last year.
2. The policeman told us to come back in two hours yesterday.
3. My aunt walked to the house last night.
4. I had a small grocery store three weeks ago.
5. I did not go to the office last Monday.
6. Did she get married a few months ago?
7. I finished my homework before 10 o'clock last night.
8. Before he came to Ha Noi, he had lived in Da Nang.
9. They were waiting at the station for 90 minutes when the train finally arrived.
10. The storm destroyed the sandcastle that we had built.

1. What were you doing when I phoned you? - I was telling you the exercise at this time last night.
2. When I arrived at this house, he still was doing his homework.

Exercise 3: Put the verbs into the Past Simple or Past Continuous.

1. When the police arrived, the car had been gone.
2. While we were eating, our friends died on the beach.
3. While Tom was playing the piano, his mother was doing their work.
4. I went to the market after they had finished dinner.
5. The light went out while I was having dinner.
6. He did nothing before he saw me.
7. When they got to the station, the train had left.
8. The house caught fire while they were sleeping.
9. While Tom was reading, Amely was watching a documentary on TV.
10. The burglar opened the door and heard footsteps. He immediately put under the bed.
11. Last night I dropped a plate when I was doing the washing-up. Fortunately it didn't break.
12. Mary and I were dancing the house when the telephone rang.
13. I was opening the letter when the wind blew it out of my hand.
14. The boy fell and hurt himself while he was riding a bicycle.

Exercise 4: Put the verbs into the Past Simple or Past Continuous.

1. He was in prison for twenty-seven years last year.
2. The policeman told us to come back in two hours yesterday.
3. My aunt walked to the house last night.
4. I had a small grocery store three weeks ago.
5. I didn't go to office last Monday.
6. Did she get married a few months ago?
7. I finished my homework before 10 o'clock last night.
8. Before he came to Ha Noi, he had lived in Da Nang.
9. They had been waiting at the station for 90 minutes when the train finally arrived.
10. The storm destroyed the sandcastle that we had built.

Exercise 5: Put the verbs into the Past Simple or Past Continuous.

1. What were you doing when I phoned you? - I was telling you the exercise at this time last night.
2. When I arrived at this house, he still was sleeping.