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Past Simple and Past Continuous

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I ___________ (sit) in a cafe when you ___________ (call) .

[ was sitting ][ called ]

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Susie ___________ (watch) a film when she ___________ (hear) the noise.

[ was watching ][ heard ]

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We _____________ (play) tennis when John _____________ (hurt) his ankle.

[ were playing ][ hurt ]

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He _________________ (take) a shower when the telephone _________________ (ring).

[ was taking ][ rang ]

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Everyone ___________ (work) when I ___________ (walk) into the room,

[ was working ][ walked ]

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He ___________ (live) in Russia when the Revolution ___________ (start).

[ was living ][ started ]

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We ____________ (wait) on the platform when her train ____________ (get) to the station.

[ got ][ were waiting ]

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When I __________ (leave) the house, it __________ (snow).

[ left ][ was snowing ]

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He __________ (work) in a bank when he __________ (meet) his wife.

[ was working ][ met ]

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I listened / was listening to the radio when I heard / was hearing this fantastic song

was listening, heard

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I feel really silly! While I danced / was dancing, I fell / was falling and broke / was breaking my elbow.

was dancing, fell, broke

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Tim played / was playing a computer game when his mum called / was calling him for lunch.

was playing, called

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I looked / was looking for a file on my memory stick when I noticed / was noticing there was a virus.

was looking, noticed

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My mum had / was having breakfast near the computer when she spilled / was spilling her cup of coffee on the keyboard.

was having, spilled

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Carla and Fred ... (TALK) when the accident ________ (happen).

were talking, happened

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