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What _____( you /do) when the accident _____(happen)
WERE YOU DOING / HAPPENED
My sister ____ (revise) while I ____ (write) my essay
WAS REVISING / WAS WRITING
The kids __ (break) the neighbours ‘ window as they ____ (play) football.
BROKE / WERE PLAYING
Somebody ____ (come) when I ____ (wash) my car .
CAME / WAS WASHING
“-What ___ (you /do) when the house ____ (catch) fire?”
WERE YOU DOING / CAUGHT
I _____ (tidy) the children’s bedrooms last night.
TIDIED
Sally ___ (jog) when she ____ (fall) over a stone.
WAS JOGGING / FELL
THIS SENTENCE IS RIGHT: We were deciding to come when you were calling us
NO! IT'S WRONG!
THIS SENTENCE IS RIGHT: My friends enjoyed themselves at my party when their parents arrived to take them back home.
NO! IT'S WRONG!
THIS SENTENCE IS RIGHT: did you see who stole my scooter?
IT'S RIGHT!
My mother ____ (do) the washing up while my father ___ (fix) the garage door.
WAS DOING / WAS FIXING
I decided to buy a new car when mine ___ (break) down for the umpteenth time!
BROKE
. My sister ___ (listen) to music and when my Dad __ (ask) her to tidy her bedroom.
WAS LISTENING / ASKED
I ___ (clean) my room, ____ (take) the garbage out and then I ___ (listen) to music.
CLEANED / TOOK / LISTENED
Mary ____ (wake) up and her dad ___ (call) her to have breakfast.
WOKE / CALLED
Sue __ (go) downstairs when she__ (slip) on a step , __ (fall ) and __ (break) her leg.
WAS GOING / SLIPTED / FELL / BROKE
