Title: Quiet holidays?

It's never quiet at home....

Read the text and drag the words into the correct boxes to complete Ms Bergmann's account of her holidays.

Q: Christmas time, quiet time - and even more quiet beacause of the lockdown? Not for me!

Lot's of things happened during the holidays.
One day I [...] on the sofe, reading a book when suddenly my cat [...] on my stomach and I spilt my tea all over the sofa!

The next day I [...] a letter to my pen friend in Finland when my daughter [...] she needed my help with her maths homework. So we [...] hours doing maths....

The next day I [...] for school when my washing mashine [...] a strange noise. I [...] to the bathroom and there was water everywhere! We had to rip out the new floor because there was water under it! It was a complete mess.

When everything was repaired I wanted to spend a relaxed evening. I [...] to music and drinking tea when the phone [...]. My daughter [...] my help to fix her TV to the wall. So I [...] my toolbox and drove to her place....

I hope I will be able to relax once school starts again ;-)
A: was sitting; jumped; was writing; said; spent; was preparing; made; went; was listening; rang; needed; took

Find the rule

Look at Ms Bergmann's sentence:

I was listening to music and drinking tea when the phone rang. My daughter needed my help to fix her TV to the wall. So I took my toolbox and drove to her place....

Q: Find the rule:

We use the -ing form to describe [...].

We use the normal past tense form to describe [...].
A: what someone was doing; the things that the person did one after another
  Hint: an activity

What it was like at home

Q: Complete the sentences with your own ideas. Your sentences do not have to be true.

Look at the example:

I was baking cookies when my sister ran into the kitchen and knocked my baking tray to the floor.