Помогите! Английский язык! Past Simple – Past Continuous.
Task 1. Choose the correct variant.
1. She read/was reading when mother came.
2. Dad was sleeping while mother cooked/was cooking dinner.
3. They did/were doing yoga at this time yesterday.
4. We were going to the theatre when we met/were meeting him at the bus stop.
5. What were you doing when your brother watched/was watching TV?
6. Was it fine, when you skied/were skiing?
7. The girls were dancing when the music stopped/was stopping.
8. I listened/was listening to opera all evening yesterday.
9. He stayed/was staying at this place from 1 to 5 o’clock yesterday.
10. The sun was shining while we sailed/were sailing.

Task 2. Open the brackets, using Past Simple or Past Continuous..
1. The children ____ (to make) noise the whole evening.
2. I _____ (can) see the ship in the distance.
3. We ____ (to travel) in the mountains the whole August.
4. She ____ (to play) music from 2 to 4 o’clock yesterday.
5. Autumn ____ (to be) very romantic.
6. When I came home, my brother ____ (to read) about Native Americans.
7. We ____ (to have) breakfast when the telephone ____ (to ring).
8. While the children ____ (to sleep), their parents ____ (to watch) TV.
9. When Pete ____ (to open) the door, it ____ (to rain).
10. While Jack ____ (to sunbathe), his wife ____ (to swim) in the sea.
11. He ____ (to listen) to music while he ____ (to cook) breakfast.
12. While they ____ (to wait), they ____ (to surf) the Net.
13. Tim ____ (to become) sick while he ____ (to travel) in China.
14. What ____ (you, do) when you ____ (to hear) about the accident?
15. The wind ____ (to blow) when we ____ (to be) in the open sea.
16. She ____ (to drive) when she ____ (to see) me in the street.
17. It ____ (to rain) all the evening yesterday.
18. When I ____ (to enter) the classroom, everybody ____ (to sit) at the desks.
19. My friend ____ (to work) at 1 o’clock yesterday.
20. We ____ (to have) breakfast when the policeman ____ (to come).

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