I. Match these tenses with the timelines in II.

_____ Past Simple Vs Past Simple

Ex: When I arrived home, I locked the door.
_____ Past Simple Vs Past Continuous
Ex: When I arrived home, my mom was having dinner.
_____ Past Continuous Vs Past Continuous
Ex: My mom was having dinner, while I was playing computer games.

Notes: The following sentences have the same meaning.

I was having a shower when the phone rang.
When the phone rang, I was having a shower.
The phone rang while I was having a shower.
While I was having a shower, the phone rang.

Practice
I. Put the verbs into the correct tense (Past Simple Vs Past Simple, Past Continuous Vs Past Continuous)
1. While Tom (read) _________________, Amy (watch) _________________a documentary on TV.
2. Marvin (come) _________________home, (switch) _________________on the computer and (check)
_________________his emails.
3. The thief (sneak) _________________into the house, (steal) _________________the jewels and
(leave) _________________without a trace.
4. Nobody (listen) _________________while the teacher (explain) _________________the tenses.
5. While we (do) _________________a sight-seeing tour, our friends (lie) _________________on the
beach.
6. He (wake) _________________up and (look) _________________at his watch.
7. The receptionist (welcome) _________________the guests and (ask) _________________them to fill
in the form.
8. The car (break) _________________down and we (have) _________________to walk home.
9. The boys (swim) _________________while the girls (sunbathe) _________________.
10. My father (come) _________________in, (look) _________________around and (tell)
_________________me to tidy up my room.
11. As long as one group (prepare) _________________dinner, the others (collect)
_________________wood for their campfire.
12. While the parents (have) _______________breakfast, their children (run) _________________about.
13. Martha (turn) _________________off the lights and (go) _________________to bed.