1. choose the correct words underlined in each sentence. a) while i was doing /did my homework, i had a good idea. b) jim was breaking/broke his leg when he was playing golf. c) when i arrived, i was going/went into the kitchen. d) we were finding/found an old box while we were digging in the garden. e) i was seeing/saw an old friend while i was waiting for the train. f) while i had/was having a bath, the phone rang. 2. put the verb in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous. a) when i (come) came home my family (do) was doing the garden. d) peter (turn on) the tv, but nothing (happen f) while we (run) in the park, mary (fall over). i) while i (listen) to music, i (hear) the doorbell. j) i (break) my pen while i (do) my homework. 3. complete the paragraph in the past simple or the past continuous. last week my friend sandy and i (a) decided (decide) to go to the beach on the bus. while we (b) ………… (wait) for the bus, it suddenly (c) ……….. (start) to rain. we (d) ……….. (wear) summer clothes, and we (e) ………. (not have) an umbrella. while we (f) ………… (stand) there in the rain, sandy’s mother (g) ………… (drive) past, so we (h) …………wave) to her. luckily, she (i) …………. (notice) us, and (j) ………………(take) us home in the car.

1. a) while i was doing, i had a good idea.b) jim broke his leg when he was playing golf.c) when i arrived, i went into the kitchen.d) we found an old box while we were digging in the garden.e) i saw an old friend while i was waiting for the train.f) while was having a bath, the phone rang.2. a) when i came home my family was doing the garden.d) peter (turned on) the tv, but nothing (happened). f) while we were runnoing in the park, mary (fell over). i) while i was listening to music, i heard the doorbell.j) i broke my pen while i was doing my homework.   3. last week my friend sandy and i (a) decided  to go to the beach on the bus. while we (b) were waiting for the bus, it suddenly (c) started to rain. we (d) were wearing summer clothes, and we (e) did not have an umbrella. while we (f)were  standing there in the rain, sandy’s mother (g) was driving past, so we (h) waved to her. luckily, she (i)  noticed us, and (j)took us home in the car.   

ответ: в первом 1.

во втором 3.

объяснение:

present simple — действия совершаются каждый день, рутина

структура:

• + : vs/ves (в зависимости от окончания)

• - : don't/doesn't + v¹

• ? : do/does *подлежащее* *сказуемое в первой форме*?

примеры:

he does his homework every day.

i don't ready for work.

do you know the way?

present continuous — продолжительное действие в настоящем

структура:

• + : is/are/am + ving

• - : isn't/aren't/am not + ving

• ? : is/are/am *подлежащее* *сказуемое с окончанием ing*?

примеры:

he's looking for his pants.

i am waiting for my husband.

are you kidding me?

1. at first the authorities thought the athlete had been taking drugs, but they soon realized they had mixed up the results of the tests.

2. when my cousin came into the room, i didn’t recognize her because i hadn't seen her since she was a little girl.

3. we couldn’t find a parking space when we reached the city centre, so we decided to go by bus the next time.

4. shakespeare wrote thirty-seven plays.

5. i had been waiting for three months before they finally have sent me an answer.

6. until yesterday, i had never seen that man in our office.

7. when did you see him? – yesterday.

8. i wasn’t at school last week, i was unwell.

9. we were in the usa and visited alaska last year.

10. while he was working on his laptop, he fell asleep.