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2.1-Past Simple & Continuous

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    The difference between past simple and past continuous.
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  • He ______ (study) abroad for a semester last year and ______ (have) an amazing experience.
    studied, had
    was studying, had
    was studying, was having
    studied, was having
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  • They ______ (play) basketball when it started to rain.
    were playing
    played
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  • I ______ (watch) a horror movie when someone knocked on the door. It scared me to death!
    was watching
    watched
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  • The team _______ (win) the championship 2 years ago and they’re hoping to win this year again.
    was winning
    won
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  • I ______ (finish) reading the book in just two days. I ______ (love) it! I’ll return it to you tomorrow.
    was finishing, loved
    finished, loved
    finished, was loving
    was finishing, was loving
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  • While I ______ (try) to sleep last night, my housemate ______ (play) the drums. I’m so tired!
    tried, was playing
    was trying, was playing
    tried, played
    was trying, played
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  • I ______ (wake up), ______ (turn off) my alarm and then ______ (go) back to sleep.
    woke up, turned off, went
    was waking up, was turning off, was going
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  • I called you last night around 7:30pm but you didn’t answer. What ______ (you, do)?
    were you doing
    did you do
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  • When we were kids, my brother ______ (always/steal) my toys and ______ (hide) them from me.
    always stole, hid
    always stole, was hiding
    was always stealing, hid
    was always stealing, hiding
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  • When I arrived at the party, Tim _____ (dance), Joel _____ (do) shots and Ashley _____ (flirt) with the bartender.
    was dancing, was doing, was flirting
    dance, did, flirted
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  • My dad is good at multitasking. Yesterday he ______ (do) the laundry while ______ (talk) on the phone.
    did, talked
    was doing, talked
    was doing, was talking
    did, was talking
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  • My brother ______ (live) in Vietnam for 2 years but he’s back in Australia now.
    lived
    was living
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  • Look at my dog in this video! He ______ (chase) his tail. Isn’t he the cutest?
    was chasing
    chased
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  • Where ______ (you, meet) your best friend? ______ (be) it in high school?
    did you meet, Was
    were you meeting, Was it being
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  • What ______ (you, do) at 12:30am when the victim was murdered?
    were you doing
    did you do
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