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