Grammar 2 Past simple and past continuous. 1 Complete the sentences with when or while. 2 Rewrite the two sentences as one sentence using when or while.

Grammar 2 Past simple and past continuous

1 Complete the sentences with when or while. When I arrived home, my mother was making lunch. 1 The burglars came in ___ I was having a bath. 2 They robbed the bank ___ the manager was having lunch. 3 I saw the shoplifter ___ he put the CD into his pocket. 4 The vandals broke the windows ___ we were sleeping. 5 The police caught the robbers ___ they stopped at the traffic lights.

2 Rewrite the two sentences as one sentence using when or while. He was running away. He fell on the floor. He was running away when he fell on the floor. 1 She was walking home. Someone stole her bag. (while) 2 It began to rain. They were having a picnic. (when) 3 I was cleaning my room. I found five pounds. (when) 4 The detectives were looking in the car. They found an important clue. (while) 5 John arrived. We were having dinner. (while)

3 Circle the correct words. I washed / was washing my hair when the programme started / was starting. 1 Did you watch / Were you watching the football match when I arrived / was arriving last night? 2 We had / were having dinner when you called / were calling me. 3 Did you sleep / Were you sleeping when I rang you? No, I played / was playing the guitar. 4 We met / were meeting his brother while we waited / were waiting in the queue.

4 Read about the train robber, Ronnie Biggs. Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. [Рисунок: чёрно-белая фотография — трое мужчин идут рядом; в центре Ронни Биггс в костюме, его сопровождают двое полицейских] The Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs was born in London in 1929. In 1963 he and his gang (1) stole (steal) £2.6 million from a mail train while it (2) ___ (travel) across the English countryside. The police (3) ___ (catch) Biggs and (4) ___ (send) him to Wandsworth Prison. In 1965, he (5) ___ (escape) from prison and (6) ___ (run away) to France. While he (7) ___ (hide) he (8) ___ (have) plastic surgery and (9) ___ (buy) new identity papers. The police finally (10) ___ (catch) Biggs in 1974 while he (11) ___ (live) in Brazil, but the Brazilian authorities protected him. Ronnie Biggs (12) ___ (return) to England voluntarily in 2001.

5 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs. I was walking (walk) home when it started (start) to rain. 1 Someone ___ (steal) my TV while I ___ (talk) on the phone. 2 The dog ___ (escape) while I ___ (not look). 3 Jamie ___ (cook) lunch while I ___ (paint) the bedroom. 4 The phone ___ (ring) while I ___ (have) a bath. 5 My parents ___ (arrive) while we ___ (have) lunch.