1. Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в Past Simple или Past Continuous: 1) When I ___ (to come) home, my little sister ___ (to sleep). 2) When mother ___ (to come) home, I ___ (to do) my homework. 3) What ___ you ___ (to do) at eight o’clock yesterday? 4) When I ___ (to get) up, my mother and father ___ (to drink) tea. 5) What ___ you ___ (to do) at 5 o’clock yesterday? — I ___ (to play) the piano. 6) The cat ___ (to take) a piece of fish and then ___ (to run) away. 7) At this time yesterday we ___ (to have) dinner. 8) The old man ___ (to think) about his plan when he ___ (to fall) asleep. 9) We ___ (to listen) to an interesting lecture yesterday. 10) When we ___ (to play) in the yard yesterday, it suddenly ___ (to start) raining heavily.

Перевод задания: Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в Past Simple или Past Continuous.

1. When I came home, my little sister was sleeping. (Когда я пришёл домой, моя младшая сестра спала.)
2. When mother came home, I was doing my homework. (Когда мама пришла домой, я делал домашнее задание.)
3. What were you doing at eight o’clock yesterday? (Что ты делал вчера в восемь часов?)
4. When I got up, my mother and father were drinking tea. (Когда я встал, мама и папа пили чай.)
5. What were you doing at 5 o’clock yesterday? — I was playing the piano. (Что ты делал вчера в пять часов? — Я играл на пианино.)
6. The cat took a piece of fish and then ran away. (Кошка взяла кусок рыбы, а затем убежала.)
7. At this time yesterday we were having dinner. (Вчера в это время мы ужинали.)
8. The old man was thinking about his plan when he fell asleep. (Старик обдумывал свой план, когда заснул.)
9. We listened to an interesting lecture yesterday. (Вчера мы слушали интересную лекцию.)
10. When we were playing in the yard yesterday, it suddenly started raining heavily. (Когда мы вчера играли во дворе, внезапно начался сильный дождь.)

Past Continuous обозначает длительное действие, происходившее в определённый момент или прерванное другим действием; завершённые события ставятся в Past Simple.