Complete with the correct tense of the verbs. I saw a bad traffic accident yesterday while I 1 _____ (go) to school. 2 _____ (walk) along the High Street when I 3 _____ (hear) a loud noise. Then someone said, “That car crashed into a bus while it 4 _____ (turn) the corner!” It was a real emergency. People 5 _____ (get) off the bus quickly when a fire engine 6 _____ (arrive). The firefighters stopped the fire in a few minutes and everyone was safe. An ambulance 7 _____ (come) while they 8 _____ (fight) the fire. It took two people to hospital. A reporter came to write about it. “What 9 _____ you _____ (do) when the accident happened?” she asked me. “I 10 _____ (wait) to cross the road,” I answered.

Перевод задания: Заполните пропуски глаголами в правильном времени.

1. I saw a bad traffic accident yesterday while I was going to school. — Вчера я увидел(а) серьёзную автомобильную аварию, когда шёл/шла в школу.
2. I was walking along the High Street when I heard a loud noise. — Я шёл/шла по Хай-стрит, когда услышал(а) громкий шум.
3. Then someone said, “That car crashed into a bus while it was turning the corner!” — Затем кто-то сказал: «Та машина врезалась в автобус, когда он поворачивал за угол!»
4. People got off the bus quickly when a fire engine arrived. — Люди быстро вышли из автобуса, когда приехала пожарная машина.
5. An ambulance came while they were fighting the fire. — Скорая помощь приехала, пока пожарные боролись с огнём.
6. “What were you doing when the accident happened?” — «Что ты делал(а), когда произошла авария?»
7. “I was waiting to cross the road,” I answered. — «Я ждал(а), чтобы перейти дорогу», — ответил(а) я.

Продолжительное действие, происходившее в определённый момент, ставим в Past Continuous; краткое событие, которое его прерывает, — в Past Simple.