Ех 26 open the brackets, using either the past indefinite or the past continuous tense according to the sense. 1. when we got off the train it (rain) heavily. 2. the summer that year was cold. it often (rain). 3. the weather was foggy. cars and buses (move) slowly. 4. while i (pack) my things, he (ring) up for a taxi to take me to the station. 5. the house was quiet. the boys (play) chess and mary (read) a book. 6. when you (see) him last? 7. i (buy) the guide book in london. it (catch) my eye when i (pass)-a shop window. i (return), (call) at the shop and (buy) it. 8. in 1972 peter (be) in siberia, he (build) a railway together with his friends. later he (write) a book about it. 9. who (speak) over the telephone at five yesterday? the line (be) busy for an hour at least. 10. the whole family (watch) a detective film on tv when i (come) into the room. 11.1 (look) into the window and (see) an old woman (sit) at it, a cat (sleep) on the window-sill, next to a flower pot. the picture (take) me back to my childhood. 12. ships (travel) from southampton to new york in four or five days last season.

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