Put the words in the correct order to make the sentence. the lights / TV / While / watching / they / went out / were
While they were watching TV, the lights went out.
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Put the words in the correct order to make the sentence. when / was / at university / Mum / met / she / studying / her best friend
Mum met her best friend when she was studying at university.
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Put the words in the correct order to make the sentence. sleeping / was / into / my room / when / came / I / Mum
I was sleeping when Mum came into my room.
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Put the words in the correct order to make the sentence. were / saw / we / for / waiting / an accident / we / While / the bus
We were waiting for the bus when we saw an accident.
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Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the past simple or past continuous. While we (a) ______ in the garden, it (b) _______ to rain. (work / start)
a) were working; b) started
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Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the past simple or past continuous. I (a) ______ my room when my pet mouse (b) _______ from its cage. (clean / escape)
a) was cleaning; b) escaped
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Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the past simple or past continuous. My brother (a) ________ his finger badly while he (b) ________ his bike. (cut / repair)
a) cut; b) was repairing
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Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the past simple or past continuous. When Tara (a) _______ the spider, she (b) _________. (see / scream)
a) saw; b) screamed
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Correct the mistake in the sentence. I was listening to music with some friends when my parents were arriving.
arrived
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Correct the mistake in the sentence. She was studying when he was coming into the library.
came
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Correct the mistake in the sentence. We heard a loud noise and we were running away.
ran away
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Correct the mistake in the sentence. While we drove home, we saw an accident.
were driving
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Use the words to make the correct sentence. Steve / never / play / rugby
Steve has never played rugby.
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Use the words to make the correct sentence. We / have / our cat / eight years
We have had our cat for eight years.
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Use the words to make the correct sentence. I / just / tell / my friends / the great news.
I have just told my friends the geat news.
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Use the words to make the correct sentence. Jim / be / ill / two weeks.
