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Past Simple and Past Continuous

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    Put the verb in the correct tense
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  • We .......(be) both busy at noon. Jack ......(do) the dishes and I .....(make) tea.
    We were both busy at noon. Jack was doing the dishes and I was making tea.
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  • First we.......( peel) the potatoes and then we......( slice) them.
    First we peeled the potatoes and then we sliced them.
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  • I .....(meet) her twice while I ......( stay) there.
    I met her twice while I was staying there.
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  • This time yesterday, Joe ....( polish) his shoes. After that, he ....(fold) and .....(put) up all his clothes.
    This time yesterday, Joe was polishing his shoes. After that, he folded and put up all his clothes.
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  • It´s ages since they last ....(get) in touch. And we .....(use) to be such good friends.
    It´s ages since they last got in touch. And we used to be such good friends.
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  • I ......(think) about her when suddenly the phone .......(start) ringing.
    I was thinking about her when suddenly the phone started ringing.
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  • Everybody .........(ignore) him because he .......(be) rather silly.
    Everybody ignored him because he was being rather silly.
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  • What ...........( she/ do) when you ...(call) on her? She .....(dry) her hair,so first she .....(not/hear) the bell ring.
    What was she doing when you called on her? She was drying her hair,so first she didn´t hear the bell ring.
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  • I .....(think) of you immediately when I .......(hear) that song. It .....(make) me very sad.
    I thought of you immediately when I heard that song. It made me very sad.
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  • While they .......(walk) in the park, they .....(notice) that somebody .....(wave) at them.
    While they were walking in the park, they noticed that somebody waved at them.
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  • ........(you /burn) your finger when you .....( cook)? No, it ......(happen) when I ......(light) the candles on Dave´s birthday cake.
    Did you burn your finger when you were cooking? No, it happened when I was lighting the candles on Dave´s birthday cake.
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  • What ......( she/ say) when you ......(tell) her you ......( leave)? - She .......(beg) me to stay.
    What did she say when you told her you were leaving? - She begged me to stay.
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  • I ........(not/ ski) a lot when I .......(live) in Sweden because I .......(not/have) skis.
    I didn´t ski a lot when I lived = was living in Sweden because I didn´t have skis.
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  • Where ........(he/hide) when you .......(walk) into the room? - He ......(lie) under the bed.It ......(take) me a few minutes before I ......(find) him.
    Where was he hiding when you walked into the room? - He was lying under the bed.It took me a few minutes before I found him.
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  • He .......(drive) so fast that I .....(have) to ask him to slow down. I ......(get) more and more scared.
    He was driving so fast that I had to aks him to slow down. I was getting more and more scared.
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  • I ........(study) hard all day Saturday because I ........(want) to get an A in the test.
    I studied hard all day Saturday because I wanted to get an A in the test.
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