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English 12 Public

past continuous and past simple

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While I __________ (walk), someone ______ (push over, me)

was walking / pushed me over

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While she ___, the cat ___ (poke) her face.

was sleeping / poked

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I ___ (cook) in the kitchen, when a bear ___ (appear).

was cooking / appeared

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While the adults ___ (watch) TV, the baby ___ (clean) the floor.

watched (were watching) / was cleaning (cleaned)

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The man ___ (try) to help the elephant when suddenly it ___ (kick) him.

was trying / kicked

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We ___ (stay) at a cottage when we ___ (hear) the news.

were staying / heard

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We use ___ for actions in progress in the past

the past simple

the past continuous

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We use the ___ for one completed past action after another

past continuous

past simple

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We use the ___ for an action that interrupts another action in progress in the past.

past simple

past continuous

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For the action that was in progress, we use the ___ .

past continuous

past simple

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We use ___ to describe two actions that were happening at the same time.

the past simple

the past continuous

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They ___ (play) when the police ___ (arrive).

were playing / arrived

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