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  • Helen ......... (do) her weekly shopping when she .......... (meet) her old friend.
    WAS DOING | MET
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  • The sun ........... (shine) when I ......... (get) up this morning.
    WAS SHINING | GOT
  •  15
  • Jim ......... (wait) at one airport while Max ............ (wait) at the other.
    WAS WAITING | WAS WAITING
  •  25
  • It ........ (rain) very hard, so the referee ........ (decide) not to play the match.
    WAS RAINING | DECIDED
  •  15
  • When the police .......... (arrive) at the party, the music .............. (play) very loud and everybody ............ (shout).
    ARRIVED | WAS PLAYING | WAS SHOUTING
  •  25
  • The mail .............. (arrive) very late today. It ................. (come) after eleven o'clock.
    ARRIVED | CAME
  •  20
  • Joan ................ (become) very angry this morning. She ............... (speak) to an important client and someone .................. (enter) the room without knocking.
    BECAME | WAS SPEAKING | ENTERED
  •  25
  • Hank .................. (cook) in the kitchen. His sister ................... (offer) to help but Hank ............... (refuse).
    WAS COOKING | OFFERED | REFUSED
  •  20
  • While I ......... (drive), I ......... (have) an accident.
    WAS DRIVING | HAD
  •  15
  • Kate ............... (have) dinner and then she ................ (do) her homework.
    HAD | DID
  •  20
  • The thieves ................ (hide) in the kitchen when the police ............. (come) in.
    WERE HIDING | CAME
  •  15
  • Sam ........ (plan) a party and then he ....... (phone) his friends.
    PLANNED | PHONED
  •  20
  • While we ......... (clean) the house, we ....... (break) some glasses.
    WERE CLEANING | BROKE
  •  15
  • Alan ........... (look) out of the window when he ....... (see) a UFO.
    WAS LOOKING | SAW
  •  15
  • The kids ........ (sleep) peacefully when I ........ (take) this photo.
    WERE SLEEPING | TOOK
  •  20
  • My brother ....... (break) his leg, while we ............. (ski)
    BROKE | WERE SKIING.
  •  15