PAST SIMPLE AND CONTINUOUS II

1.- Complete the sentences with when or while:

 I arrived home, my mother was making lunch.
 The burglars came in I was having a bath.
 They robbed the bank the manager was having lunch.
 I saw the shoplifter he put the CD into his pocket.
 The vandals broke the windows we were sleeping.
 The police caught the robbers they stopped at the traffic
lights.

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

3.- Read the next history about Ronnie Biggs and complete the text with the
correct form of the verbs in brackets:

Ronnie Biggs was born in London in 1929. In 1963 he and his gang
(steal) ₤2.6 million from a mail train while it (travel) across the
English countryside. The police (catch) Biggs and (send)
him to Wandsworth Prison. In 1965, he (escape) from prison and
(run away) to France. While he (hide), he (have)
plastic surgery and (buy) new identity papers. The police finally
(catch) Biggs in 1974 while he (live) in Brazil, but the Brazilian
authorities protected him. Ronnie Biggs (return) to England
voluntarily in 2001.

4.- Correct the mistakes:

 Brian finded 5,800 dollars.
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 It rains all day yesterday.
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 Did you went to the beach last summer?
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 What did he wearing?
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 The robber did escaped.
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 I was reading the paper when the police were arriving.
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 He waited for a train when suddenly a vandal broke a window.
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 What you were doing when the computer broke?
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