PAST SIMPLE PAST CONTINUOUS
PAST SIMPLE PAST CONTINUOUS
The storm/ start /while /they/ drive
/home
Mary / go /to / several/ concerts/
while / she / stay/ in / London
My father/ cook / dinner / when/ he/
burn/his fingers
The police /arrive / while / I / have
breakfast
The soldiers / prepare/ to leave / when / the bomb /
explode
My mother/ shop /when /she / hear/ the
ambulance
Jane / buy shoes / while Nancy / look for
/ a present