Answer the following questions. Say what people were doing at the time mentioned.

Example A: What were you doing yesterday morning? (to have an English lesson)

– Yesterday morning I was having an English lesson.

1) What was Fred doing at 7.30 this morning? (to get ready for the trip).

2) What were the children doing all Sunday afternoon? (to ski)

3) What was your daughter doing at 8 last night? (to watch a children's program)

4) What were your family doing the whole Saturday? (to sunbathe on the seaside)

5) What were Peter and John doing in the afternoon? (to fish)

6) What was your chief doing at 2 today? (to send a e-mail)

7) What were you and your colleagues doing all the morning? (to file the program on the disc)

8) What was the secretary doing from 9 till 11 today? (to type business letters)

Example B: Was your son sleeping when you came home yesterday? (to get ready for bed – No, he wasn’t. He was getting ready for bed.

1) Was Mary having breakfast when you rang her up? (to wash up)

2) Was your son doing his homework when your wife came back from work? (to listen to the records)

3) Were you going to work when I met you in the street yesterday? (to go to the cinema)

4) Were they still skiing when it started snowing? (to go home)

5) Were your colleagues working when you entered the office? (to have coffee)

Example C: What were you doing on Sunday when it was raining? (to get ready for my lecture) – When it was raining I was getting ready for my lecture.

1) What were you doing while your children were doing their homework? (to work at my report)

2) What were they listening to when we were packing the things? (the latest news)

3) What was Jimmy reading while he was waiting for you? (a journal)

4) What were they doing when it was snowing yesterday? (to drive home)

5) Who were you waiting for while I was having a talk with the professor? (to wait for his secretary).

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