Question

Put the verb in brackets into the past simple or past continous2)We...(to choose)the flowers when we...(to see)Nick.He...(to speak) to somebody near the metro.
3)Witty...(to write)a report from five to eight yesterday.
4)While Maria...(to dust) the furniture her brother....(to vacuum) the carpets
5)First Martin...(to turn off)the light and then he...(to lock) the door.
6)When the parents...(to return)home,the children...(to sleep).
7)It...(to get)dark when they...(to leave) the restaurant.
8)What you...(to do) when i...(to phone) you yesterday?-I...(to prepare) for the English
9)Were...Mike...(to ride)when you..(to meet) him yesterday afternoon?-He...(to ride) to the post office
10)When...you sister...(to finish) reading this book?-She...(to read)it all day yesterday and...(to finish)reading late in the evening.

Answer 1

2) We were choosing the flowers when we saw Nick.He was speaking to somebody near the metro.
3)Witty was writing a report from five to eight yesterday.
10)When did you sister  finishedreading this book?-She was reading it all day yesterday and finished reading late in the evening.

Answer 2

2)choosen 3)wrote 4)does vacuumed 5)turned off locked 6)was returned was sleeping 7)got leaved 8)does phoned prepared 9)do you sister finished is read...finished