Which tense is correct?
Tom walked / was walking home when someone called / was calling out his name
Tom was walking home when someone called out his name.
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eraser
Reset score!
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star
Double points!
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rocket
Go to first place!
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banana
Go to last place!
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Is this sentence right or wrong? (If it's wrong, correct it.)
They've been living next door for years, but we've never spoken to them.
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What's the difference between these two sentences?
a I'll be cooking dinner when you get home.
b I'll cook dinner when you get home.
In sentence a, I will start cooking dinner before you get home.
In sentence b, I will start cooking dinner when you get home.
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Is this sentence right or wrong? (If it's wrong, correct it.)
Tom was exhausted because he'd been working too hard.
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Is this sentence right or wrong? (If it's wrong, correct it.)
As soon as she was seeing the time, she was jumping out of bed.
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As soon as she saw the time, she jumped out of bed.
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Which tense is correct?
When John phoned / was phoning, I wrote / was writing an essay. I finished / was finishing it at midnight.
When John phoned , I was writing an essay. I finished it at midnight.
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seesaw
Swap points!
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seesaw
Swap points!
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rocket
Go to first place!
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baam
Lose 20 points!
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Which tense is correct?
Normally I get up / am getting up at eight, but this week I get up / am getting up at seven because I have to start work early.
Which tense is correct? Normally I get up / am getting up at eight, but this week I get up / am getting up at seven because I have to start work early.
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Is this sentence right or wrong? (If it's wrong, correct it.)
I'm loving hamburgers: I eat five every day and I eat one at the moment!
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I love hamburgers: I eat five every day and I'm eating one at the moment!
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banana
Go to last place!
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shark
Other team loses 25 points!
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rocket
Go to first place!
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baam
Lose 25 points!
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What's the difference between these two sentences?
a He's very rude.
b He's being very rude.
Sentence a describes his general character/behaviour.
Sentence b describes how he is behaving now.
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Which tense: Present perfect simple or continuous?
Oh no! The train ____ (stop) again! I ____ (sit) on this train for hours and I ____ (already / miss) my first meeting!
Oh no! The train has stopped again! I've been sitting on this train for hours and I've already missed my first meeting!
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Which tense: Past perfect simple or Past perfect continuous?
When the helicopter finally found us, we ____ (sit) in the lifeboat for hours and ____ (eat) all our food.
When the helicopter finally found us, we had been sitting in the lifeboat for hours and had eaten all our food.
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Which tense is correct?
Don't come round at eight. I'll put /'ll be putting the children in bed then.
Don't come round at eight. I'll be putting the children in bed then.
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Which tense is correct?
This time next week I'll lie /'ll be lying on a beach in Spain.
This time next week I'll be lying on a beach in Spain.