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Понял задание! Нам нужно заполнить пропуски, используя правильные глагольные формы в английском языке. Судя по тексту заданий, это упражнение на использование past simple и past continuous.

Вот как нужно решить каждый пункт. Так как просили избегать формул и тестовых вставок, я просто приведу готовые предложения:

7. While he was reading aloud, I was writing a letter to my friend.
8. Last night my neighbours were shouting for hours and I couldn't get to sleep.
9. The whole day yesterday Nick was getting ready for his report.
10. What were you doing at this time yesterday?
11. The phone was still ringing when I rushed into the room.
12. I wasn't driving very fast when the accident happened.
13. I was making the tea while Jimmy was cleaning the car.
14. Isabel was always asking difficult questions to answer when she was a little girl.
15. Ann broke a plate last night. She was doing the washing-up when it slipped out of her hand.
16. At this time yesterday the students were having a Grammar test.
17. Malcolm fell off the ladder while he was painting the ceiling.
18. We were enjoying the film when suddenly the electricity went off.
19. He opened the book and started to read.
20. Last night at 9.35 the Director of school was walking from the office to his car when somebody attacked him from behind.

Обрати внимание, как я использовал времена past simple и past continuous: past simple для кратких действий или оконченных событий в прошлом (например, "Ann broke a plate"), и past continuous для обозначения длительных действий, особенно когда происходит еще одно, более короткое действие в тот же момент ("I was writing a letter when..."). Надеюсь, это поможет тебе справиться с подобными заданиями в будущем!