Past Simple and Past Continuous

Put the verbs into the correct tense (Simple Past or Past Progressive).

1. While Tom (read) …………………. , Amely (watch) …………………. a documentary on TV.
2. Marvin (come) …………………. home, (switch) …………………. on the computer and (check) …………………. his emails.
3. The thief (sneak) …………………. into the house, (steal) …………………. the jewels and (leave) …………………. without a trace.
4. Nobody (listen) …………………. while the teacher (explain) …………………. the tenses.
5. While we (do) ………………….a sight-seeing tour, our friends (lie) …………………. on the beach.
6. He (wake) …………………. up and (look) …………………. at his watch.

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