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  • While I .....................to the concert somebody ................... at the door. (listen / knock)
    was listening knocked
  • She ......................(to watch) a video after the children ...........(to go) to bed.
    watched had gone
  • After the man .......................(to come) home he ......................... (to feed) the cat.
    had come fed
  • The mail ................(arrive) very late today. It ..............(come) after eleven o'clock.
    arrived came
  • Joan.......... (become) very angry this morning. She.......(speak) to an important client and someone......... (enter) the room without knocking.
    became was speaking entered
  • My son ..................his knee badly when he ............his bicycle yesterday. (hurt / ride)
    hurt was riding
  • Jim ...................(wait) at one airport while Max .................(wait) at the other. What a disaster!
    was waiting was waiting
  • We ...................dinner when he ....................(have / arrive)
    were eating arrived
  • She .....................very quickly when the accident ....................(drive / happened)
    was driving happened
  • When the war ..................out we .......................in Warsaw. (break / live)
    broke were living
  • I ................(to be) very tired because I..................... (to study) too much.
    was had studied
  • When they............... in that house she ...............very ill. (live / be)
    were living was
  • They ....................wine every day when they ........... in France. (drink / be)
    were drinking were
  • Susan ...................(to turn on) the radio after she ...................(to wash) the dishes.
    turned had washed
  • The telephone ....................while I ..................my bath. (ring / have)
    was ringing was having
  • It ................(rain) very hard, so the referee ..........(decide) not to play the match.
    was raining decided
  • They ......................(to ride) their bikes before they ...................(to meet) their friends.
    had ridden met
  • We just ..........................for Mary when John .......................(wait / come)
    were waiting came
  • Jill ..............................(to phone) Dad at work before she .................(to leave) for her trip.
    had phoned left
  • While the scientist ............in his laboratory a friend .........to see him. (work / come)
    was working came
  • After Eric ........................(to make) breakfast he ................(to phone) his friend.
    had made phoned
  • At half past nine she still .................... her homework. (do)
    was doing
  • When she ..........................(to arrive) the match already ..............(to start).
    arrived had started
  • Before he ......................(to sing) a song he ....................... (to play) the guitar.
    sand had played
  • When the farmer.............. wheat he ............... many airplanes in the sky. (sow / see)
    was sowing saw
  • After Fred .....................(to spend) his holiday in Italy he ............................(to want) to learn Italian.
    had spent wanted
  • Hank ............(cook) in the kitchen. His sister......... (offer) to help but Hank ....(refuse).
    was cooking offered refused
  • It ................to rain when we ................. running. (begin / start)
    began started
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