B2 Sandy's mother is going to celebrate her birthday next week. Sandy is writing a poem to thank her mother for everything she did in the past years. Help her complete it with the correct tenses of the verbs in brackets.
My dearest mum
There was always somebody
Standing beside me in the past years.
When I ⁽¹⁾ (sleep),
I ⁽²⁾ (smell) the delicious breakfast you were
making for me.
When you ⁽³⁾ (come) home after work,
I ⁽⁴⁾ (do) homework in my comfortable bedroom.
When I ⁽⁵⁾ (watch) TV,
You ⁽⁶⁾ (cook) dinner.
When I ⁽⁷⁾ (drink) soft drinks,
You ⁽⁸⁾ (put) dirty clothes into the washing
machine.
When I ⁽⁹⁾ (talk) on the phone,
You ⁽¹⁰⁾ (clean) my room.
Thank you so much
For doing everything for me
In the past years.

(1) was sleeping
(2) smelled/was smelling
(3) came
(4) was doing
(5) was watching
(6) was cooking
(7) was drinking
(8) was putting
(9) was talking
(10) was cleaning

本题考查过去进行时与一般过去时的综合运用。描述过去发生的日常场景时，when引导的时间状语从句中，若从句是瞬间动作（如come），常用一般过去时，主句的延续性动作用过去进行时；若主从句均为延续性动作，则都用过去进行时，体现两个动作同时发生，需结合语境选择正确时态。