Question

Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы во времени Past Simple или Past Continuous. 1)I(to watch)TV when mother (to come)home 2)When Jerry (to open)the door,the sun (to shine)brightly 3)Alice(to find)a lot of berries in the forest yesterday 4)Jerry(to read)a new book from 7 till 9 5)Andrew (to be) late for the party yesterday 6)Mike`s friends(to sit) in a cafe, when it(to start)raining 7)It(to rain)hard when i (to look) out of the window 8)Sarah (to watch) TV late in the evening yesterday

Answer 1

1)was watching,came
2)opened,was shining
3)found
4)was reading
5)was
6)were sitting,started
7)was raining,looked
8)was watching

Answer 2

1) I (to watch) TV when mother (to come) home.

In this sentence, we need to use the past continuous tense for the action of watching TV and the past simple tense for the action of the mother coming home.

Corrected sentence: I was watching TV when mother came home.

2) When Jerry (to open) the door, the sun (to shine) brightly.

In this sentence, we need to use the past simple tense for both actions of Jerry opening the door and the sun shining brightly.

Corrected sentence: When Jerry opened the door, the sun shone brightly.

3) Alice (to find) a lot of berries in the forest yesterday.

In this sentence, we need to use the past simple tense for the action of Alice finding a lot of berries in the forest.

Corrected sentence: Alice found a lot of berries in the forest yesterday.

4) Jerry (to read) a new book from 7 till 9.

In this sentence, we need to use the past simple tense for the action of Jerry reading a new book from 7 till 9.

Corrected sentence: Jerry read a new book from 7 till 9.

5) Andrew (to be) late for the party yesterday.

In this sentence, we need to use the past simple tense for the action of Andrew being late for the party.

Corrected sentence: Andrew was late for the party yesterday.

6) Mike's friends (to sit) in a cafe when it (to start) raining.

In this sentence, we need to use the past continuous tense for the action of Mike's friends sitting in a cafe and the past simple tense for the action of it starting to rain.

Corrected sentence: Mike's friends were sitting in a cafe when it started raining.

7) It (to rain) hard when I (to look) out of the window.

In this sentence, we need to use the past simple tense for both actions of it raining hard and I looking out of the window.

Corrected sentence: It rained hard when I looked out of the window.

8) Sarah (to watch) TV late in the evening yesterday.

In this sentence, we need to use the past simple tense for the action of Sarah watching TV late in the evening.

Corrected sentence: Sarah watched TV late in the evening yesterday.

Please let me know if you have any further questions!