Insert the Past Indefinite or Past Continuous.
1. She heard him sigh while he __ (to read) (Collins) 2. While the water __, Ma Parker began sweeping the floor, (to heat) (Mansfield) 3. While he __ the tea she __ him. (to make, to watch) (Abrahams) 4. Mrs. Presty __ at him with some anxiety on her daughter's account, while he __ the message on Randal's card, (to look, to read) (Collins) 5. It was quite late at night, and the brother __ aloud while the sister __, her needle, when they were interrupted by a knocking at the door, (to read, to ply) (Dickens) 6. While Mrs. Calligan __ the table Mamie went to her room and Aileen followed her. (to set) (Dreiser) 7. While the doctor __, Mrs. Presty __ her own conclusions from a close scrutiny of Mr. Sarrazin's face, (to speak, to draw) (Collins) 8. While he __ he __ the doorbell, then voices, (to wash, to hear) (Abrahams) 9. While the gendarmes __ the room, Arthur __ waiting on the edge of the bed. (to ransack, to sit) (Voynich)

N the painting “Girl with peaches” (the famous portrait of Vera Mamontova by Russian artist Valentin Serov) we can see a girl in a light pink dress, sitting at the table. The girl is about twelve years old.

She is dark-skinned and there is bright blush on her cheeks. She has got thick dark hair, which is a bit tousled. The girl has got a pretty roundish face. Her eyebrows are dark and thick. She has got big brown eyes.

The girl is sitting in a light room. I think it is a dining room. Behind the girl there is a big window in a white wooden frame. Through the window we can see some leaves of the trees in the garden. The leaves are light green and yellow. The walls in the room are white. There is a big white porcelain plate on the wall next to the window with a beautiful blue pattern on it. Behind the girl we can also see a statuette of a soldier.

There are some dark brown wooden chairs in the room and a small table beside the window. The big table, at which the girl is sitting, is covered with a white tablecloth.

The girl is holding a big yellow peach in her hands. On the table in front of the girl there are three more peaches. There are also some dry maple leaves and a small knife.

a) 1. It is warm today.
It was warm yesterday.
It will be warm tomorrow.

2. I am glad to meet them.
I was glad to meet them.
I will be glad to meet them.

3. The days are rainy in October.
The days were rainy in October.
The days will be rainy in October.

4. I am 17 years old.
I was 17 years old.
I will be 17 years old.

5. We are busy now.
We were busy yesterday.
We will be busy tomorrow.

6. Father is at work.
Father was at work.
Father will be at work.

7. You are late today
You were late yesterday.
You will be late tomorrow.

b) 1. We have many apple trees in our garden.
We had many apple trees in our garden.
We will have many apple trees in our garden.

2. My sister has a nice cat.
My sister had a nice cat.
My sister will have a nice cat.

3. You have little time left.
You had little time left.
You will have little time left.

4. We have breakfast at 8 in the morning.
We had breakfast at 8 in the morning yesterday.
We will have breakfast at 8 in the morning tomorrow.

5. She has a good rest every summer.
She had a good rest last summer.
She will have a good rest next summer.

6. They have no vacant rooms in the hotel.
They had no vacant rooms in the hotel.
They will have no vacant rooms in the hotel.