When - While

I _____ a friend while I ____ the shopping.

• was meeting/did

• meet/do

• met/was doing

• met/did

I ____ for my things when I ____ someone call my name.

• paid/was hearing

• pay/heard

• was paying/hear

• was paying/heard

While we ___ a drink, a waiter ___ a pile of plates.

• had/was dropping

• have/dropped

• have/drop

• were having/dropped

While the waiter ___ up the broken plates, he ___ his finger.

• picked/was cutting

• was picking/cut

• pick/cut

• was picking/cutted

I ___ hello to the children, but they didn't say anything because they ___ television.

• say/watched

• was saying/watched

• said/were watching

• said/watched

I ____ to the news on the radio when the phone ___.

• was listening/rang

• listened/was ringing

• am listening/was ringing

• listen/is ringing

I ___ to get up this morning. It ___ and it was cold, and my bed was so warm.

• don't want/ is raining

• wasn't wanting/ rained

• am not wanting/ rains

• didn't want/ was raining

I ___ and I ___ the knife.

• cooked/ was dropping

• was cooking/ dropped

• cook/drop

• cooked/ dropped

Last week, the police ___ Alan in his car because he ___ over eighty miles an hour.

• was stopping/ was driving

• stop/ drived

• stopped/ was driving

• was stopping/ drove

While I ___ this morning, I ___ my money. I don't know how.

• shopped/ lose

• was shopping/ lost

• shopped/ was losing

• was shoping/ lose