III. Answer the following questions:

1. What were you doing when I entered the classroom? 2. Were you studying English grammar? 3. What were you doing at three o’clock yesterday? 4. What were you doing when I rang you up? 5. Whom were you speaking to when I saw you? 6. What was your mother doing when you returned home? 7. Was it raining the whole day yesterday? 8. What were you thinking about when I asked you these questions?

IV. Put questions to the italicized words:

1. He was waiting for a bus. 2. The man was reading a magazine when somebody knocked at the door. 3. The boy was skating. 4. Nick and Tom were watching a TV programme the whole evening. 5. It was snowing when we went out. 6. The teacher was correcting papers at her desk. 7. She was looking after her little brother. 8. They were talking about Margaret.

V. Complete the sentences in your own way:

1. It was snowing heavily when ... . 2. She was sleeping when ... . 3. We were listening to music when ... . 4. She was having lunch when ... . 5. When I saw him, he ... . 6. When he opened the door, they ... . 7. We were swimming in the river when ... . 8. They were having their holidays when ... . 9. What were you doing while ... ? 10. We were returning home when ... . 11. While she was quarrelling with him ... . 12. It was going to rain when ... .

VI. Complete the disjunctive questions:

1. The students were discussing an article, ... ? 2. It was snowing heavily all day long, ... ? 3. Father wasn’t watching television at that time, ... ? 4. Peter was hurring to the canteen, ... ? 5. The children weren’t playing in the yard, ... ? 6. They were crossing the street at the wrong place, ... ? 7. You were making a fire when it began to rain, ... ? 8. Olga was preparing for her exams in May, ... ?

VII. Translate into Ukrainian:

1. It was raining hard yesterday and they had to stay at home. 2. When I came in he didn’t see me, as he was doing something. 3. While I was swimming someone stole my clothes and I had to walk home in my swimsuit. 4. She was standing at the bus stop. I asked her what bus she was waiting for. 5. The train couldn’t stop, as it was travelling too fast at that time. 6. The car had nobody in it but the engine was running. 7. My wife and I were talking about you the other day. 8. The children were frightened because it was getting dark.

VIII. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Indefinite or

Past Continuous Tense:

1. He suddenly (realize) that he (travel) in the wrong direction. 2. When you (see) him last? 3. He (have) a bath when the phone rang. Very unwillingly he (get) out of the bath and (go) to answer it. 4. I (share) a flat with him when we were students. He always (complain) about my untidiness. 5. When I (hear) the кnock I (go) to the door and (open) it, but I (not recognize) him at first because he (wear) dark glasses. 6. The whole family (watch) a detective film on TV when I (come) into the room. 7. You looked very busy when I (see) you last night. What you (do)? 8. We (not go) out because it (rain) 9. The house was quiet. The boys (play) chess and Mary (read) a book. 10. Who you (talk) to on the telephone as I came in?