1. She kept the radio on when she ______(do) homework.

2. –She was reading newspapers.

--What __you ___(do) ?

3. Lao Wang told the policeman that he _____(listen) to the radio at that time.

4. I ______(be) a teacher ten years ago but now ______(be) a manager.

5. While I ______(run)along. A dog suddenly ______(run) across the road.

6. Last night my father _____(read) a book while my mother ______(sew).

7. What _____you _____ (do) the whole Sunday? I ______(go)over my lessons.

8. When I _____ (get)home, the telephone bell _____(ring)

9. It was Sunday and we _________ (sit) at the table when father suddenly

_________(smile) and ___________(say) to us, “ Oh, dear me, I forgot __________(tell) you the good news. There is a letter from Granny. She ___________(come) to see us this afternoon. I ________(meet) her at the station, ” with these words he went out.

10. How happy we _________(be)! We ___________(not see ) Granny for half a

year and ____________(miss) her very much. After lunch my mother and I ___________(go) shopping. We ___________(buy) a lot of food that Granny liked. My sister __________(clean) the house. It ___________(be) four o’clock when we ____________(finish) and we ___________(sit) aroundthe table, ____________(wait) for Granny. At last the door __________(open) and in came my father, alone. “Where _________(be) Granny? “ We ___________(ask). Father _________(laugh) and ___________(say), “ April Fools!” “Today ___________(be) April 1st. April Fool’s Day.”