Was _________________________(Jimmy, already wait) for you when you
______________________ (get) there?
. Was Jimmy already waiting for you when you got there?
Emma ______________________ (pass) her exam a few weeks ago.
Emma passed her exam a few weeks ago.
We ___________________________ (play) volleyball with Mary, when you
___________________________(call) me.
We were playing volleyball with Mary, when you called me.
It ______________________ (rain) when we __________________ (come) out of the shopping centre.
It was raining when we came out of the shopping centre.
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.
When I _________ (get) home, I __________ (take) my shoes off.
When I got home, I took my shoes off
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.
______________________ (you buy) that bag while I ______________________ (look) after the children?
Did you buy that bag while I was looking after the children?
I ______________________ (be) ill last week.
I was ill last week.
Everybody __________ (stand) up when the President _______ (come)
Everybody stood up when the President came.
He ______________________ (break)his leg when he ______________________ (ski) .
He broke his leg when he was skiing.
While the children ____________ (play) computer games, mum _________ (read) a book.
While the children were playing computer games, mum was reading a book.
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.
I ___________ (look) for my purse when I ___________________________ (drop) my credit card.
I was looking for my purse when I dropped my credit card.
Soft music ______________________ (play) when I ______________________ (go) into the room.
Soft music was playing when I went into the room.
While I ___________________________ (walk) in the streets of Holland, I
___________________________ (meet) an old friend of mine.
While I was walking in the streets of Holland, I met an old friend of mine.
It ______________________ (be) peaceful and the birds ______________________ (sing).
. It was peaceful and the birds were singing.
. 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.
My uncle ___________________________ (take) me to the airport yesterday.
My uncle took me to the airport yesterday.
When we ______________________ (see) the spaceship we ___________________(stop) the car.
When we saw the spaceship we stopped the car.
The baby ___________________________ (sleep) when the telephone
___________________________(ring).
The baby was sleeping when the telephone
rang..
It ______________________ (be) cold when we ______________________ (leave) the house that day.
It was cold when we left the house that day.
I __________ (do) my homework while the radio _______ (play)
I was doing my homework while the radio was playing.
She ___________________________ (dance) when she _________ (hurt) her ankle.
She was dancing when she hurt her ankle.
I ______________________ (look)out of the window and saw that people __________________ (walk) in the park.
I looked out of the window and saw that people were walking in the park.
The car ______________________ (stop) at the lights.
The car stopped at the lights.
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.
Claire ______________________ (go) to Egypt last month.
Claire went to Egypt last month.
She ______________________ (have) a beautiful dream when the alarm clock ________________ (ring).
She was having a beautiful dream when the alarm clock rang.
When the teacher ___________________________(come) in, they
___________________________ (study) English.
When the teacher came in, they were studying English.
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