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English 13 Public

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We use the ... to talk about an activity that was in progress at a certain time in the past.

past continuous

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We use the ... to talk about a completed action in the past.

simple past

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We often use ... before the simple past and while before the past continuous when the tenses are in the same sentence.

when

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We often use when before the simple past and ... before the past continuous when the tenses are in the same sentence.

while

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I ... (met) my friends outside the school auditorium last Friday night. (past simple or continuous)

simple

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We (watch) the new movie at the movie theater when the fire alarm went off. (simple or continuous)

past continuous

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What you (do) when you first had the idea for the plot? Complete the sentence

What were you doing when ... ?

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The director ... (not read) the reviews of his new movie in the newspaper yesterday morning. Complete the sentence

The director didn't read ...

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While we ... (stand) outside the bookstore, the novelist arrived to sign copies of her new book. Complete the sentence.

While we were standing ...

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In Shakespeare's famous play, Juliet was standing on a balcony when/while Romeo suddenly surprised her.

when

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At the beginning of Spiderman, a spider bit Peter Parker's hand when/ while he was visiting an exhibition.

while

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When/ While the Titanic hit the iceberg, it was 11:40 p.m. and a lot of the passengers were sleeping in their beds

When

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Albert Einstein wrote some of his most important papers when/while he was working as an assistant at a patent office.

while

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