9. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous. Which was the longer action in each sentence?

1 They were cleaning (clean) the windows when it

started (start) to rain.

Cleaning the windows was the longer action.

2 As he (drive) to work, he

. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . (remember) that his briefcase

was still at home.

3 Melanie (cook) dinner when

her husband (come) home.

4 I (hear) а loud crash as I .

(sit) in the garden.

5 She . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (type) а letter when her

boss (arrive).

6 While the dog (dig) in the garden,

it (find) а bone.

7 Магу (ride) her bicycle when

she (notice) the tiny kitten.

8 While I ... . . .. . . .. . (do) my homework,

the phone (ring).