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While Tom 

(read)_____________, Amely (watch___________ a documentary on TV.

Marvin (come) ___________ home, (switch___________ on the computer and (check)


___________ his emails.

The thief (sneak) ___________into the house, (steal) ___________ the jewels and (leave)


___________ without a trace.

Nobody (listen) ___________while the teacher (explain) ___________the tenses.

While we (do) ___________a sight-seeing tour, our friends (lie) ___________on the beach.

He (wake) ___________up and (look) ___________at his watch.

The receptionist (welcome) ___________the guests and (ask) ___________them to fill in the form.

The car (break) ___________down and we (have) ___________to walk home.

The boys (swim) ___________while the girls (sunbathe) ___________.

My father (come) ___________ in, (look) ___________around and (tell) ___________me to tidy up


my room.

As long as one group (prepare) ___________ dinner, the others (collect) ___________ wood for their


campfire.

While the parents (have) ___________ breakfast, their children (run) ___________ about.

Martha (turn) ___________off the lights and (go) ___________to bed.

We (wait) ___________for Jane, when suddenly Louis (come) ___________around the corner.

I (cycle) ___________through the park, when I (hear) ___________a strange noise.

He (pass) ___________her a message when the teacher (look / not) ___________.

I (fall) ___________asleep while I (watch) ___________TV last night.

When Mike and Jane (paint) ___________the walls, their dog (knock) ___________over the paint pot.

Tom (break) ___________his leg when he (play) ___________frisbee.

The phone (ring) __________when I (sit) __________on the toilet.

I (jog) __________in the park, when two squirrels (cross) __________my way.

Robert (fall) __________off the ladder when he (pick) __________cherries.

Archimedes (discover) __________the theory of buoyancy while he (take) __________a bath.

When we (travel) __________around Ireland, we (meet) __________some very nice people.

While she (speak) __________ on the phone, the milk (boil) __________over.

When I (leave) __________the house this morning, the sun (shine) __________.

Caroline (burn) __________ her hand when she (iron) __________ her clothes.

Two days ago, a murder (happen) __________ in Market Street at about seven pm.

Yesterday, Sherlock Holmes (arrive__________ at the crime scene to investigate.

He (ask) __________ one of the tenants in the house.

»What (do / you) __________yesterday at seven?«

»I (watch) __________a football match on TV.« » (be) __________you alone?«»Yes, I (be) __________«

» (hear / you) __________anything suspicious?«


When her husband ____________ (arrive) home, Anne __________________(watch) television.
I _________________ (prepare) dinner when the telephone  _________________ (ring).
What ________________________ (you do) when the postman ______________(arrive)?
Julie _______________   (learn) to drive when she ___________________ (work) in  London.
Where ___________________ (you sit)   when the show  (begin)?     
  I ________________ (visit) Athens while I ____________________ (tour) Greece.
It was when he ____________________ (cross) the street that John______________ (fall).
What ________________(you see) while you ______________________ (wait) for the bus?
Where _______________________ (you go) when your car ________________(break) down?
Julie ________________ (meet) Peter when she ___________________ (walk) in the park.
1) When the post man   _______________ (arrive), my father _______________ (have a shower)

2) While my brother _______________ (study), my grandma  _______________ (make) some muffins

3) I  _______________ (go) to the doctor 2 days ago because I  _______________ (have) a terrible
headache  

4) When I  _______________ (be) 10, I  _______________ (eat) a sandwich every evening 

5) He _______________ (miss) the train because he  _______________ (talk) with some friends 

6) The thieves _______________ (come)  into the house while the man  _______________ (sleep) 

7) I  _______________ (drink) a glass of water at eleven. I'm not thirsty now 

8)  you  _______________ (write) the composition last week? 

9) My mother  _______________ (not/be) at home when she  _______________ (fall) down the stairs 

10) The children   _______________ (plant) a tree when their mummy _______________ (call)  them

When I (do) _______________the washing-up, I (break) _______________a plate.


While Tom (play) _______________the piano, his mother (do) _______________ the washing-up.
He (drink) _______________some juice and then he (eat) _______________a few chips.
I (have) _______________dinner when I suddenly (hear) _______________a loud bang.
When my father (work) _______________ in the garden, an old friend (pass) _______________by to see him.
She (go) _______________to school, (take) _______________out her textbook and (begin) _______________ to
learn.
When it (start) _______________to rain, our dog (want) _______________to come inside.
When Jane (do) _______________a language course in Ireland, she (visit) _______________Blarney Castle.
When I (be) _______________on my way home, I (see) _______________an accident.
I (not / understand) _______________what they (talk) _______________about.
1. When I (get) _______________up yesterday, the sun (shine) _______________

     5)   Where ___________________ (you sit)   when the show  (begin)?     

     6)   I ________________ (visit) Athens while I ____________________ (tour)


Greece.

     7)   It was when he ____________________ (cross) the street that


John______________ (fall).

     8)   What ________________(you see) while you ______________________ (wait)


for the bus?

     9)   Where _______________________ (you go) when your car


________________(break) down?

    10)  Julie ________________ (meet) Peter when she ___________________ (walk)
in the park.

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