8.

1. was sitting/ saw

2. went/shined

3. went/was having

4. was learning/had

5. were walking/began

6. had/ was repairing

7. started/were playing

8. was eating/were talking

9. dropped/was washing up

10. was writing/rang

11. were watching/failed

12. was standing/saw

13. was walking./found

14. were having/came

15. stole/was looking

16. went/had finished

17. arrived/had already gone

18. had left/went/switched

19. found/had just left

20. went/had done

21. got/had died

22. had done/saw

23. thanked/had done

24. was/had hurt

25. had gone/sat/rested

26. arrived/ had already begun

27. hadn't seen/met

28. had learned/left

29. remembered/had learned

30. told/hadn't met

31. asked/came

32. said/had already seen

33. got/had started

34. arrived /found/had broken

35. had left/ arrived