1. Mr. Collins got to the airport early. He sat in the lounge for a while. Then they called out his flight and he went to his plane.

He was sitting in the lounge when they called out his flight. He went to his plane when they called out his flight.

What did he do when he got to the airport? What was he doing when they called out his flight? What did he do when they called out his flight?

2. I gave an English lesson this morning. In the middle of it a bird flew in through the window. I stopped the lesson.

I was giving an English lesson when the bird flew in. I stopped the lesson when it flew in.

What happened in the middle of the lesson? What was I doing? What did I do? What do you think the students did? What do you think they were doing?

3. Limbo is a circus clown. His tricks are silly and not original but people often laugh at them. Last night Limbo began to dance with a monkey. Then he stepped on a banana skin, slipped and fell down.

He was dancing when he stepped on a banana skin. He slipped and fell down when he stepped on it.

Was that an original trick? What was he doing when he stepped on a banana skin? What did he do when he stepped on it?

10.CORRECT THE MISTAKES IF ANY :

1. Was you crying when I came in? 2. We were having dinner when aunt Asya arrived. 3. I was understanding what he was saying. 4. He hurted himself when he was playing tennis. 5. I was shoping while my mother was out. 6. Where did you be yesterday? 7. Who tought you English? 8. The car costed too much for me to buy it. 9. Was it rain there last year? 10. The girls were talking all the lesson. 11. She fell when she run for the bus. 12. Father was lying on the sofa while mother cleaned about the house. 13. When the teacher asked me a question, I was sleeping and didn’t heard anything. 14. She was thinking we were not ready for the lesson. 15. The students did their homework all the night before the exam. 16. Ann was choosing the coat for about five hours. I wanted to kill her. 17. When were you seeing her last? 18. We not were in the Academy yesterday. 19. When the accident happened? 20. Who you were talking over the phone to?

11. RESTORE THE SENTENCES :

1. Jane / while / husband 2. While / in / the / garden / my finger 3. you / at 8 a.m. / yesterday? 4. Mary / a letter / a phone 5.When / I / teacher / last 6. mother / dinner / father and I 7. they / supper / suddenly 8. We / the / film / the electricity 9. We / him / when / for the bus 10. I / in the sun / last summer

12. TRANSLATE FROM RUSSIAN INTO ENGLISH :

1. Они долго смотрели друг на друга. 2. Она потеряла ключи, когда спешила в институт. 3. Мы познакомились, когда сдавали вступительные экзамены. 4. Я окончила университет когда мне было 23 года. 5. Он вдруг понял, что едет не в ту сторону. 6. Мы как раз говорили о нем, когда он вошел. 7. Они пришли в то время, когда я работала в саду. 8. Я видел его в Лондоне неделю назад. 9. К ним подошел преподаватель, когда они списывали и отобрал шпаргалки. 10. Когда я приехал, она как раз уходила. 11. Что там произошло? 12. Они сидели в гостиной и обсуждали что-то важное. 13. Когда вы были здесь последний раз? 14. С кем это ты болтала по телефону вчера целый час? 15. Он остановился и пошел назад. 16. Ты видел его утром? – Да, он печатал отчет. 17. Студенты заканчивали тест, когда прозвенел звонок. 18. Я навещала их в Мае. 19. Кто это играл Моцарта, когда мы пришли? 20. Я подошла к окну и выглянула. Машина стояла там, где я ее оставила.

13. CHOOSE THE CORRECT VARIANT :

1.We were standing at the bus stop, when suddenly we…a crash.

a) heard b) were hearing c) hear d) are hearing

2. How fast….when the police stopped you?

a) did you drive b) was you driving c) were you driving d) were you drive

3. When we got off the bus, it… .

a) rained b) is raining c) were raining d) was raining

4. I recognized him at once. He….a bright shirt.

a) weared b) wear c) wore d) was wearing

5. While the mother…a bedtime story, the little boy…asleep.

a) told, fell b) was telling, felt c) was telling, fell d) told, was falling

6. a) We played tennis when it started to rain.

b) We were playing tennis when it was starting to rain.

c) We played tennis when it was starting to rain.

d) We were playing tennis when it started to rain.

7. The students…when the teacher…in.

a) were talking, came b) talking, came c) was talking, came d) talked, was coming

8. But they…at once when the teacher… .

a) stoped, was speaking b) stopped, was speaking c) stopped, spoke d) stop, speak

9. While he…, the students…down and…out their pens.

a)wrote, sat, took b)was writing, were sitting, took c)was writing, sat, took d)wrote, sit, took

10. When I…a little boy, I…cigarettes sometimes.

a) am, smoked, b) was, was smoking c) was, smoke d) was, smoked

11. When the bill…at 16.55., most of the students…. .

a) ringed, were still writing b) was ringing. wrote c) rang, write d) rang, were still writing

12. I…my note-book when I…to the office.

a) lost, was going b) was losing, was going c) lost, went d) losted, was going

13. It…while I….up the hill.

a) rained, was walking b) was raining, was walking c) was raining, walked d) rained, walked

14. I…. , so I missed what he said.

a) listened b) was listening c) wasn’t listening d) didn’t listened

15. Just as I…, the phone… .

a) left, rang b) was leaving, was ringing c) left, was ringing d) was leaving, rang

16. He had an accident, because he…too fast.

a) drove b) drived c) was driving d) driven

17. One day my father…us while we… .

a) saw, were smoking b) see, were smoking c) saw, smoked d) was seeing, smoked

18. The house…down when you… .

a) burn, slept b) burnt, were sleeping c) was burning, slept d) burned, slept

19. She didn’t see the bus. She…at the map.

a) is looking b) looks c) was looking d) was seeing

20. Where…last night?

a) you were b) did you be c) was you d) were you