PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS TENSES. 1. Her sister (clean) the living room while he (cook) in the kitchen. 2. Peter (watch) the movie when the telephone . . . rang. . . (ring). 3. When Mary. . . (find) the brother he (play) under the bed. 4. Joan (have) a shower when the window cleaner . . . (come)5. Grandma (knit) while Grandad (smoke) his pipe. 6. When I arrive) home, Father . . . (2 . . . (paint) the front door. 7. 7 Bob and Sally (walk) when it . . . . . (start) to rain. 8. 1 (read) my newspaper when they (knock) on the door. 9. As Fiona (wash) the glass, she (cut) her finger10. I. . . (break) the vase . while she . . . (walk) around. 11. My brother (build) a sandcastle while . . . . . . (swim) in the sea. 12. While to copy) the exercise, my friends (to describe) a picture. 13. When we came in the children . . . (to clean) their desks. 14. We met her at the bus stop. She (to wait) for the bus.