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Past Simple Vs Past Continuous

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    Fill in the blanks in the given sentences with past simple or past continuous.
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  • My grandfather ____ (leave) school when he was 14 and ____ (get) a job.
    Left / Got
    Was leaving / Got
    Left / Getting
    Was leaving / Getting
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  • Eddie ____ (try) to wake up Chrissy, but he couldn't ______ (wake) her up
    Trying / Waking
    Trying / Wake
    Tried / Wake
    Tried / Woke
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  • King Clawthorne wasn't _____ (make) the recipe like he was ____ (suppose) to.
    Making / Suppose
    Making / Supposed
    Make / Suppose
    Make / Supposed
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  • Amity was one joke away from ____ (explode) yesterday.
    Exploding
    Explosion
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  • Wednesday ____ (dance) a lot at the prom, before _____ (go) home.
    Dancing / Went
    Dancing / Going
    Danced / Went
    Danced / Going
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  • The minions ____ (start) to turn purple after ___ (be) injected with a purple serum.
    Starting / Was
    Started / Being
    Starting / Being
    Started / Was
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  • The snake was ____ (Squeeze) his head too hard.
    Squeezing
    Squeezed
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  • Dipper was ____ (play) video games while Mabel was ____ (squeeze) her cat.
    Playing / Squeezing
    Playing / Squeezed
    Played / Squeezed
    Played / Squeezing
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  • Courage was _____ (frighten) by what he saw in the room.
    Frightening
    Frightened
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  • Rick ____ (give) Morty a Iron Man like suit.
    Gave
    Giving
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  • Jack ____ (lose) his ship upon _____ (enter) the port.
    Lose / Entering
    Lost / Entered
    Lose / Entered
    Lost / Entering
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  • Grunkle Stan, Mabel and Dipper were _____ (look) for what they _____ (think) was Bigfoot.
    Looked / Thinking
    Looking / Thinking
    Looked / Thought
    Looking / Thought
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  • Baby Yoda _____ (want) to catch the frog that was____ (hop) away.
    Wanted / Hop
    Wanted / Hopping
    Wanting / Hop
    Wanting / Hopping
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  • The class was ____ (elate) when they heard the test ___ (be) open book.
    Elating / Was
    Elated / Were
    Elating / Were
    Elated / Was
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  • Jason, Emma and Alex ____ (decide) to dress up as stormtroopers and they ____ (dance) for the talent show.
    Decided / Danced
    Deciding / Dancing
    Deciding / Danced
    Decided / Dancing
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  • Beast Boy ____ (want) pancakes so he ____ (try) to cook with his mouth.
    Wanting / Tried
    Wanting / Trying
    Wanted / Tried
    Wanted / Trying
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