Question

Open the brackets.
1. Newton … (make) a great discovery while he …
(sit) under an apple tree.
2. They … (stop) inside the shop because it … (rain)
hard outside.
3. Beethoven … (write) his tenth symphony when
he … (die).
4. When I … (open) the window I was happy to see
that it … (snow).
5. When our guests … (arrive) we … (make) our
salads.
6. I … (stand) in a queue when somebody … (grab)
my bag.
7. Our granny … (fall) asleep while she … (read) a
fairy-tale to us.
8. I … (find) my ring when I … (water) the flowers
in the garden.
9. When father … (open) the door she … (play)
computer games.
10. Elizabeth … (wear) a fabulous dress when I …
(see) her at the party.

Answer 1

1. Newton … (made) a great discovery while he was sitting under an apple tree.
2. They stopped inside the shop because it was raining hard outside.
3. Beethoven wrote his tenth symphony when he was dying.
4. When I opened the window I was happy to see that it was snowing.
5. When our guests arrived we were making our salads.
6. I was standing in a queue when somebody grabbed my bag.
7. Our granny fell asleep while she was reading a fairy-tale to us.
8. I found my ring when I was watering the flowers in the garden.
9. When father opened the door she was playing computer games.
10. Elizabeth was wearing a fabulous dress when I saw her at the party.