My uncle ……………. (save) a lot of money to buy a new sports car two years ago.
saved
Bernardo …………… (walk) his dogs when he ……………. (see) your girlfriend with Sergio.
was walking / saw
Margaret …………….. (reply) all the letters she ………………. (receive) last week.
was replying / received
While Julian ………………….. (repair) his motorbike, his grandfather …………… (read) a magazine.
was repairing / was reading
Andrew ………………. (give) some money to his sister and she ………… (tell) him ‘thank you’.
gave / told
When Caroline ……………….. (get) off the bus it …………………….. (snow) a little.
got / was snowing
They ………. (talk) on the phone when the boss …………..(arrive) at the office.
were talking
My cousin Lilia ………………… (tell) me good jokes yesterday evening at the pub.
told
Leonard ………………… (do) some research at the laboratory when I called him.
was doing
The girl ……………. (whisper) something in my ear but I couldn’t understand it.
whispered
At 5,00 Mrs Simpson ……………. (have) a cup of coffee with some friends.
was having
Helen and Hector ……….. (spend) a lot of money last Easter holidays.
spent
Alexander ………… (begin) to cry when I ………. (tell) him the bad news.
began / told
Hannah Hutted………..(become) a well-known writer five years ago in France.
became
