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Past Simple and Past Continuous

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    Learn to use Past Simple and Past Continuous with when and while
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  • I saw a bad traffic accident yesterday while I______(go) to school.
    was going
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  • I_________(walk) along the High Street when I __________(hear) a loud noise.
    was walking / heard
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  • Someone said, "That car crashed into a bus while it _______(turn) the corner!"
    was turning
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  • It was a real emergency. People________(get) off the bus quickly when a fire engine _________(arrive)
    were getting / arrived
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  • The firefighters ___________(stop) the fire in a few minutes and everyone was safe.
    stopped
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  • An ambulance_________(come) while they _______(fight) the fire.
    came / were fighting
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  • It took two people to hospital. A reporter __________(come) to write about it.
    came
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  • ''What_________you_________(do) when the accident happened?'' she asked me.
    were you doing
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  • ''I______(wait) to cross the road.'' I answered.
    was waiting
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  • I _________(have) an English lesson when the fire alarm________(ring).
    was having / rang
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  • When the electricity ___________(go) off I ___________(work) in the library.
    went off / was working
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  • I ____________(make) dinner when the fire ________(start)
    was making / started
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  • I __________(fall over) while I _________(play) outside.
    fell over / was playing
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  • My mum____________(break) her leg while she __________(go) downstairs.
    broke / was going
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