1 Choose the correct answer. 1) He ______ (read / was reading) when mother came. 2) Dad was working while mother ______ (cooked / was cooking) dinner. 3) Sam and Fanny ______ (did / were doing) yoga at this time yesterday. 4) She was going to the theatre when she ______ (met / were meeting) him at the bus stop. 5) What were you doing when your sister ______ (watched / was watching) the DVD? 6) Was it stormy, when you ______ (skied / were skiing)? 7) The girls were listening to music when it suddenly ______ (stopped / was stopping). 8) I ______ (listened / was listening) to the ballet all evening yesterday. 9) He ______ (stayed / was staying) at this parking from 1 till 5 o'clock yesterday. 10) The sun was going down while we ______ (sailed / were sailing).

Перевод задания: Выберите правильный ответ.

Правило: Past Continuous употребляется для действия, которое продолжалось в определённый момент или промежуток времени в прошлом; Past Simple — для краткого завершённого действия, часто прерывающего другое действие.

1. He was reading when mother came. (Он читал, когда пришла мама.)
2. Dad was working while mother was cooking dinner. (Папа работал, пока мама готовила ужин.)
3. Sam and Fanny were doing yoga at this time yesterday. (Сэм и Фанни занимались йогой в это время вчера.)
4. She was going to the theatre when she met him at the bus stop. (Она шла в театр, когда встретила его на автобусной остановке.)
5. What were you doing when your sister watched the DVD? (Что ты делал, когда твоя сестра смотрела DVD?)
6. Was it stormy when you were skiing? (Была ли буря, когда ты катался на лыжах?)
7. The girls were listening to music when it suddenly stopped. (Девочки слушали музыку, когда она внезапно остановилась.)
8. I was listening to the ballet all evening yesterday. (Я слушал балет весь вчерашний вечер.)
9. He was staying at this parking from 1 till 5 o'clock yesterday. (Он находился на этой парковке со вчерашнего часа дня до пяти часов.)
10. The sun was going down while we were sailing. (Солнце садилось, пока мы плыли на лодке.)

Ответ: 1) was reading; 2) was cooking; 3) were doing; 4) met; 5) watched; 6) were skiing; 7) stopped; 8) was listening; 9) was staying; 10) were sailing.