1. George  felled  off the ladder while he _was painting__ the ceiling. (fall, paint)

2. Last night I __was reading_____ in bed when I suddenly _heard__________ a scream. (read, hear)

3. ___do you watching_____________ TV when I _______phoned_________ you? (you watch, phone)

4. Ann _______was waiting ____ for me when I __arrived___ . (wait, arrive)

5. Maisie ______was cleaning_____ up the kitchen when John _asked___ her to marry him. (clean, ask) 6. The house ____cost_______ £ 150,000 in 2003. (cost)

7. The fire ___still burned ____ at six in the morning. (still burn)

8. My brother ___got____ a new job a week ago (get).

9. Columbus ______discovered__________ America over 500 years ago (discover)

 10. She ______was___ not interested in the book because she ____was not understand______ it (be ,not understand)

11. _____was you be________ at school yesterday? (you be)

12. We _____lived____ in a house near the sea last summer (live)

 13. She _____can playing_______ the piano very well when she ______was_____ young (can play, be)

 14. She ________leaved____ the office very early last night (leave).

 15. I _____was meeting_____ a friend while I _________was_____ the shopping (meet, do)

16. I __was paying____ for my things when I __heard_______ someone call my name (pay, hear)

 17. I ___was turning______ around and ______was seeing___ Judy. (turn, see)

18. She __was wearing_____ a bright yellow dress when I _______saw___ her last (wear, see)

19. We ___decided____ to have a cup of tea. (decide)

 20. While the waiter ___was picking____ up the pieces of glass he ______cut_____ his finger (pick, cut)

21. Then we _____leaved____ the cafe and _____said______ good bye (leave, say)

 22. I ____lighted _____ the fire at six and it ___still burn_____ brightly when Tom came in at seven. (light, still burn)

 23. My dog ____was walking___ along quietly when Mary’s Pekinese ___attacked___ him. (walk, attack)

 24. When I ____arrived____ she ____was having_______ lunch. She said she always ______had_____ lunch at 12:30. (arrive, have, have)

 25. What ___did you think_____ of his last book? –I ____liked___ it a lot (you think, like)

 26. He suddenly ____realize____ that he __was traveling_______ in the wrong direction. (realize, travel)

27. He ___was playing___ guitar when someone ____opened__ the window and ___throwed!!_____ out a bucket of water. (play, open, throw)

28. He _not allowed____ us to go out in the boat yesterday because a strong wind ____was blowing______ (not allow, blow)

29. The next day, as they __was knowing______ that the police ____was looking_____ for them, they _hided_______ the coats in the woods and ______went__ off in different directions. (know, look, hide, go)

30. When I ___came____ home they _____were sitting_______ around a fire. Jack ___was doing______ a crossword puzzle, Judy _____was knitting___ and the others _____were reading___ . Mother smiled_______ at me and said : “ Come and sit down” (come, sit, do, knit, read, smile)