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It _____ (snow) when I ____ (leave) home this morning.

It was snowing when I left home this morning.

Last night I ___________(read) in bed when I suddenly _______ a scream. (hear)

Last night I was reading in bed when I suddenly heard a scream.

George ______ off the ladder while he ________ the ceiling. (fall, paint)

George fell off the ladder while he was painting the ceiling. (fall, paint)

It _______ (be) cold when we _______ (leave) the house that day.

It was cold when we left the house that day.

I ______ (lie) in the bath when the phone _______ (ring). It ______ (stop) after a few rings.

I was lying in the bath when the phone rang. It stopped after a few rings.

Was ______(Jimmy, already wait) for you when you _____ (get) there?

Was Jimmy already waiting for you when you got there?

It ________ (be) peaceful and the birds ________ (sing).

It was peaceful and the birds were singing.

_______ (you buy) that bag while I ________ (look) after the children?

Did you buy that bag while I was looking after the children?

Soft music _________ (play) when I ________ (go) into the room.

Soft music was playing when I went into the room.

We _______ (drive) home in the middle of the night when we ______________(see) a flashing light.

We were driving home in the middle of the night when we saw a flashing light.

The car ______ (stop) at the lights.

The car stopped at the lights.

She ________ (have) a beautiful dream when the alarm clock ______(ring).

She was having a beautiful dream when the alarm clock rang.

Claire _____ (go) to Egypt last month.

Claire went to Egypt last month

He ______ (sit) in the garden when a wasp _______(sting) him in the nose.

He was sitting in the garden when a wasp stung him in the nose.

When ________ (you buy) the car? – I ________ (buy) it a few years ago.

When did you buy the car? – I bought it a few years ago.

When we ______ (see) the spaceship we _____(stop) the car.

When we saw the spaceship we stopped the car

Emma ____ (pass) her exam a few weeks ago.

Emma passed her exam a few weeks ago.

I _______ (look)out of the window and saw that people _____ (walk) in the park.

I was looking out of the window and saw that people were walking in the park.

He ______ (break)his leg while he ____ (ski) .

He broke his leg while he was skiing.

I ____ (be) ill last week.

I was ill last week.

It ______(happen) very quickly. The car _______ (come) out of the side road and then the van ____ (drive) into the back of it.

It happened very quickly. The car came out of the side road and then the van drove into the back of it.

It _____ (rain) when we _______ (come) out of the shopping centre.

It was raining when we came out of the shopping centre.