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Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form: Anabelle _______(visit) the zoo when she ____(see) an elephant for the first time.

was visiting, saw

Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form: They ______(fish) in their boat, when they _____(find) something strange in the lake.

were fishing, found

Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form: Marie Curie ______(not live) in Poland when she _____(win) her first Nobel prize in 1903.

wasn't living, won

Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form: Isaak Newton________(sit) under an apple tree, when an apple _____(fall) on his head.

was sitting, fell

Mark Zuckerberg ______(study) at Harvard University when he ____ (create) Facebook.

was studying, created

Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form: ________(Archimedes/have) a bath when he ______(shout) 'Eureka!"?

Was Archimedes having, shouted

Fortunately, we DIDN'T SKI/WEREN'T SKIING when the bad weather CAME/WAS COMING.

weren't skiing, came

When the car CRASHED/WAS CRASHING into us, we WAITED/WERE WAITING at the traffic lights.

crashed, were waiting

DID LOLA STAND/WAS LOLA STANDING outside when it STARTED/WAS STARTING to rain?

Was Lola standing, started

Choose the correct option: Sorry, I HAD/WAS HAVING a shower when you CALLED/WERE CALLING.

was having, called

WAS SUSAN STUDYING/DID SUSAN STUDY at 8 p.m. yesterday?

Was Susan studying

Choose the correct option: Molly WAS BREAKING/BROKE her leg when she CLIMBED/WAS CLIMBING a tree.

broke, was climbing

Choose the correct option: When my brother DROVE/WAS DRIVING to work yesterday, she SAW/WAS SEEING her old friend from school.

was driving, saw

Choose the correct option: It was a beautiful morning. I LEFT/WAS LEAVING home to go to work, Suddenly, the postman WAS KNOCKING/KNOCKED on the front door.

was leaving, knocked

Choose the correct option: We WERE HAVING/HAD lunch, when the phone WAS RINGING/RANG.

were having, rang

Choose the correct option: The first time I WAS SEEING/SAW my boyfriend, he DANCED/WAS DANCING at a party.

saw, was dancing

What DID YOU DO/WERE YOU DOING when I CALLED/WAS CALLING you yesterday at four o'clock this afternoon?

were you doing, called

Choose the correct option I LAY/WAS LYING on the beach when it suddenly STARTED/WAS STARTING to rain.

was lying, started

A friend _______(text) me when I _____(walk) to school yesterday.

texted, was walking

Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form: I ______(burn) myself when I ______(make) breakfast.

burnt, was making

Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form: It _____(rain) when I ______(wake up) this morning.

was raining, woke up

Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form: I _______(watch) TV when my mum _____(come) home yesterday.

was watching, came

Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form: My parents _____(study) at university when they ____(meet).

were studying, met

Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form: My computer _____ (crash) when I _____(do) my homework

crashed, was doing