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Past tenses

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    Past tenses
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  • Peter ___________ (play) a video game when his brother, Jack, ___________ (enter) the room.
    was playing / entered
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  • I ___________ (study) for my English test when my mother ___________ (come) home from work.
    was studying / came
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  • Emma ___________ (wash) the dishes when the telephone ___________ (ring).
    was washing / rang
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  • I ___________ (eat) a sandwich while my parents ___________ (drink) coffee.
    was eating / were drinking
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  • I ___________ (watch) a DVD when my cat ___________ (jump) on me.
    was watching / jumped
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  • I ___________ (not hear) the thunder during the storm last night because I ___________ (sleep)
    didn't hear / was sleeping
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  • My brother and sister ___________ (talk) about something when I ___________ (walk) into the room.
    were talking / walked
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  • Tom ___________(go) to his friend’s house, but the boys ___________ (not be) there. They ___________ (play) soccer in the vacant lot down the street.
    went / weren't / were playing
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  • The little boy ___________ (fall) asleep while his mother ___________ (read) him a story.
    fell / was reading
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  • It ___________ (snow) when I ___________ (leave) home this morning.
    was snowing / left
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  • It was a sunny afternoon and people ___________ (sit) on the grass in the park. Then suddenly it ___________ (start) to rain.
    were sitting / started
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  • My brother ___________ (talk) on the phone when I arrived, but when he ___________ (see) me, he ___________ (finish) the call. Perhaps he thought that I ___________ (listen) to his conversation.
    was talking / saw / was listening
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  • Susan ___________ (play) the piano while Mary ___________ (sing)
    was playing / was singing
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  • ___________ (you/ listen) to the teacher when she ___________ (explain) this exercise?
    were you listening / explained
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  • What ____________ (they, do) at eleven p.m. last night - it was so noisy?
    were they doing
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  • I was eight years old when my elder sister __________ (teach) me how to ride a bike.
    taught
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