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Past Simple vs Past Continuous
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What ............... you ................. (do) last night at 9 o'clock? I ................. (watch) T.V.
were you doing / was watching
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I ................... (be) ill last week, so I didn't go to the party.
was
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Last Friday at 3 o'clock Mandy ............... (study) for an exam.
was studying
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Past Continuous goes with
longer actions
shorter actions
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My friends ................ (relax) on the beach yesterday at 5 o'clock.
were relaxing
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What tense? when the teacher came in
Past Simple
Past Continuous
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Susan ................. (travel) to Mendoza when I ............... (see) her at the bus station.
was travelling / saw
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What tense? last summer
Past Simple
Past Continuous
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Matt ................ (use) the computer when the modem stopped working.
was using
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Past Simple goes with
shorter actions
longer actions
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When I ............... (walk) into the room it was chaos! The children ................ (write) all over the walls!
walked / were writing
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With WHEN we use
Past Simple
Past Continuous
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They were playing volleyball when the sun .................. (go) down
went
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The car .................... (stop) at the traffic lights.
stopped
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What tense? last night when the electricity went off
Past Continuous
Past Simple
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With WHILE we use..
Past Continuous
Past Simple
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It .......................... (rain) when we .....................(come) out of the shopping centre.
was raining / came
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The boy ....................... (not swim) in the sea yesterday at 3 o'clock.
wasn't swimming
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When the cars ...................... (crash) , people ................. (call) the police immediately.
crashed / called
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.................. Tom and his father ................ (play) football when you visited them?
Were Tom and his father playing
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What tense? when it started to rain
Past Continuous
Past Simple
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Last Sunday we .................. (cook) lunch when you texted us.
were cooking
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My sister and I ................. (fly) a kite in the park when we.................. (meet) our cousins.
were flying / met
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I was sitting in the garden while the birds ................... (sing) beautifully.
were singing
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Yesterday at 7 o'clock my brother ............... (do) his homework, but he didn't finish it.
was doing
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Claire ................. (go) to Egypt two years ago.
went
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The girls ............................ (surf) yesterday at 12 o'clock.
were surfing
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Yesterday at 9 o'clock the lifeguard ..................... (watch) everyone on the beach.
was watching
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He .................. (break) his leg while he ..................... (ski) in the Alps.
broke / was skiing
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Buddy ................. (live) in Italy when he was a child.
lived
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Yesterday I ................... (not go) to the cinema with my friends. I stayed at home.
didn't go
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When I ............. (get) up this morning, my father .................. (listen) to the radio in the kitchen
got / was listening
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What tense? at 5 0'clock yesterday
Past Simple
Past Continuous
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What tense? ten years ago
Past Continuous
Past Simple
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What tense? last night
Past Simple
Past Continuous
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While he ..................... (prepare) dinner, he ............... (cut) his finger.
was preparing / cut
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What tense? when the bell rang
Past Continuous
Past Simple
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