2. Open the brackets.

1) The wind _______________ (to blow) when we _______________ (to be) in the open sea.
2) They___________________ (to leave) when she__________________ (to arrive).
3) I__________________ (to travel) abroad when I________________ (to get) his letter.
4) It_________________ (to rain) all the evening yesterday.
5) When I_________________ (to enter) the classroom, everybody_________________ (to sit) at
the desks.
6) My friend__________________ (to work) at 1 o’clock yesterday.
7) We___________________ (to have) breakfast when the postman________________ (to come).
8) Mary_________________ (to get) ready for the exam while I__________________ (to read).

1 was blowing, we were...

2 were leaving, arrived

3 was traveling, got

4 was raining

5 entered, was sitting

6 was working

7 were having, came

8 was getting, was reading