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Give the correct forms of the verbs:

01. I (fall) when I (cross) the road.

02. I (drop) my bag when I (board) the plane.

03. I (get) wet while (walk) in the rain.

04. Whenever the politician (open) his mouth to speak the crowd (shout) insults.

05. While the maid (clean) the room a skeleton (fall) out of the cupboard.

06. As soon as he (get) under the shower, the doorbell (ring).

07. They (slip) and (fall) while they (climb) the mountain.

08. While I (sightsee) in London I (hide) my money in my socks.

09. As they (fly) from Stockholm to Moscow, the starboard engine (burst) into flames.

10. When she (have) lunch a waiter (drop) a plate of soup in her lap.

11. As it (rain) their mother (cancel) the picnic.

12. When he (cycle) downhill, the brakes (fail) and he only (avoid) a serious accident by steering into a friendly rhododendron bush.