Практикум по грамматике английского языка : учебное пособие

Exercise 41. Complete each sentence with when and while.
Example: Robin was climbing a mountain when he slipped and fell.
While Victor was riding his motorcycle, he witnessed a terrible car accident.
1. ____________ we were driving in the storm, we had to stop and clear the 
snow off the car.
2. The plane crashed ____________it left the runway.
3. My sister and I were studying ____________ our parents were watching 
TV.
4. Paul was playing the guitar ____________ some of his friends came to see 
him.
5. I left school ____________ I was 17.
6. ____________ she pressed the button, the lift stopped.
7. ____________ Diana went back to college, she told everybody that she 
was engaged.
8. Last night I was reading in bed ____________suddenly I heard a scream.
9. ____________ we lived in the town, we often went to the theatre.
10 We were going down in the lift ____________ suddenly it stopped.
11. ____________the doorbell rang, I got up and answered it.
12. ____________ she entered the room, she saw the fire.
Exercise 42. Make sentences. Put the verbs into the correct form: Past 
Continuous or Past Simple.
Example: while I/write/a letter/the phone/ring.
While I was writing a letter, the phone rang.
you/read/the newspaper/as soon as it/arrive? 
Did you read the newspaper as soon as it arrived?
1. I/break/my leg/when I/trip/over the dog.
2. the jumper/shrink/when I/wash/it.
3. she/not/lock/the door/when she/leave/the office.
5 he train/go/through the tunnel/when it/suddenly/stop.
6. Sally/wash/her hair/when the doorbell/ring.
7. they/cry/when they/hear/the bad news.
8. the cat/lie/on the sofa/when the dog/come/into the room.

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9. you/fix/your bike/when you/hurt/yourself?
10. the bomb/explode/as people/go/to lunch.
11. Henry/walk/along the street/when the earthquake/hit?