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Past Continuous vs Past Simple (Final Revision)

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  • "Helen _______ (do) her weekly shopping when she _________ (meet) her old friend."
    WAS DOING // MET
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  • "The sun _________ (shine) when I ________ (get) up this morning."
    WAS SHINING // GOT
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  • "It __________ (rain) very hard, so the referee __________ (decide) not to play the match."
    WAS RAINING // DECIDED
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  • When the police __________ (arrive) at the party, everybody ____________ (scream)."
    ARRIVED // WAS SCREAMING
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  • "Someone __________ (enter) the room without knocking while she _________ (speak) to an important client."
    ENTERED // WAS SPEAKING
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  • "When John ___________ (come) home, his little brother ___________ (watch)TV."
    CAME // WAS WATCHING
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  • "They __________ (make) dinner when the lights __________ (go) off."
    WERE MAKING // WENT
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  • "Children __________ (sleep) when their father ____________ (come) home."
    WERE SLEEPING // CAME
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  • "What _______ he _______ (do) when the fire started?"
    WAS (he) DOING
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  • "_______ he ________ (have) a shower when the telephone ________ (ring)?"
    WAS (he) HAVING // RANG
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  • "_________ I was studying, my cat knocked over a glass of water."
    WHEN
    WHILE
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  • "I was walking home with my friends ________ it began to rain."
    WHEN
    WHILE
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  • "He sprained his ankle __________ he was playing tennis."
    WHILE
    WHEN
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  • "________ I was cooking, the fire alarm went off."
    WHEN
    WHILE
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  • "You were sleeping ___________ we took the photo."
    WHEN
    WHILE
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  • "We were going to school __________ the accident happened."
    WHILE
    WHEN
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