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I ____ (have) breakfast and ____ (listen) to the news when the phone ___ (ring).
I was having breakfast and listening to the news when the phone rang.
Correct the mistake: When she ate her sandwich, she went to bed.
When she had eaten her sandwich, she went to bed. (OR She ate her sandwich, then went to bed)
When we ____ (get) to the party, everyone ____ already _____ (dance) and ____ (drink)
When we got to the party, everyone was already dancing and drinking.
I met/ was meeting her when we were/ had been at school together.
I met her when we were at school together.
After six months in Tallinn, Susan ____ (open) a karaoke bar, even though she ____ (not run) her own business before.
After six months in Tallinn, Susan opened a karaoke bar, even though she hadn't run her own business before.
You see a police car arriving at Susan's house. A few minutes later police officers bring Susan out of the building and put her into a police car. WHAT HAD SUSAN DONE?
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I couldn't go to my friend's party because.....
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When you woke up this morning, your skin had turned green. WHAT HAD HAPPENED?
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I couldn't come to the class because I had.....
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You are walking down the street and everyone starts throwing tomatoes at you. WHAT HAD HAPPENED?
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Susan suddenly forgets how to speak English. WHAT HAD HAPPENED?
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A: What happened to your finger? B: I ____ (cut) myself while I ___ (make) lunch.
A: What happened to your finger? B: I cut myself while I was making lunch.
Finish the sentence using the past continuous: Susan missed the class because....
(....she was watching a football game)
I _____ (hear) the phone ringing while I _____ (have) a shower.
I heard the phone ringing while I was having a shower.
By the time we ___ (buy) our tickets, the film ___ (already/ start)
By the time we bought our tickets, the film had already started
When I ___ (arrive), there was nobody in the house; they ___ (leave) earlier that day.
When I arrived, there was nobody in the house; they had left earlier that day.
