Практикум по грамматике английского языка : учебное пособие

Exercise 33. Match a line in A with a line in B. Begin with as, when, or while.
Example: As/When/While Danis was talking to his boss, somebody stole 
his case.
A
B
Danis was talking to his boss somebody stole his case.
I was phoning my uncle the television broke down.
I was putting a pie into the oven somebody ran off with her clothes.
They were sleeping there was a knock on the front door.
We were working in Brighton I met Bob.
I was shopping in the supermarket her hat blew off.
I was unlocking the car the thieves broke in.
I was walking down the street the electricity went off.
I was watching the news somebody stole my purse.
We were having lunch I lost my bag.
Dolly was swimming I first met my wife.
I was cleaning the floor I fell off my bicycle.
Fiona was running for the bus the phone went dead.
I was turning a sharp corner I dropped the key down a drain.
My mother was cooking dinner I burnt my hand.
I was looking in a shop window the dog knocked over the bucket of water.
She was making the beds Jane and Sally got here.

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NEGATIVE FORM
I / He / she /It 
was not (wasn’t) 
Present Participle (Verb + -ing)
You / We / They were not (weren’t)
I was not (wasn’t) doing anything special last night. 
You were not (weren’t) working at that time yesterday afternoon. 
It was not (wasn’t) snowing heavily yesterday in the evening. 
They were not (weren’t) having breakfast when the doorbell rang.
Exercise 34. Put the verbs in the Past Continuous tense in the negative form.
Example: I was walking home when it began to rain. – I wasn’t walking 
home when it began to rain.
1. This time last year I was living in Spain.
2. Ann was doing something when I dropped in.
3. The phone rang when I was having a shower.
4. Sally took a photograph of me while I was eating a huge hamburger.
5. I saw Helen at the party. She was wearing glasses.
6. It was raining hard when I woke up in the morning.
7. He was driving at 100 kilometres an hour when an accident happened.
8. Don was playing tennis when he broke his leg.
9. We were staying with the Browns last summer.
10. Joan was playing the piano last night.
11. We were enjoying ourselves at the party last night.
12. My parents were gardening all weekend.