Fill in the gaps with the correct forms of the given words
Past Continuous
Past Continuous (was/were + -ing) используется, когда речь идёт:

• о действиях, которые происходили в указанное время в прошлом:

  Larrywas playing computer games while his brotherwas chatting with a friend yesterday evening;

• действии, которое происходило, когда другое действие в прошлом прервало его:

  Peter was playing video games when the lights went off;

• фоновых описаниях событий в истории/рассказе:

  The sun was shining.

1. When the atmosphere in the book [ ]
   up, the clapping in the living room completely upset me.
2. The repair took place smoothly. While my mother [ ]
   the walls, my father was installing electricity.
3. Children [ ]
   in their room when a thunderstorm hit a tree in the yard.
4. I [ ]
   the windows for three hours while you were sleeping!
5. While the men [ ]
   meat, the women were preparing salads for the fest in honour of the 4th of July.