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  • You are walking down the street and everyone starts throwing tomatoes at you. WHAT HAD HAPPENED?
    ?
  • I ___ (wake up) suddenly: someone ___ (knock) loudly on my door.
    I woke up suddenly: someone was knocking loudly on my door.
  • I met/ was meeting her when we were/ had been at school together.
    I met her when we were at school together.
  • When we ____ (get) to the party, everyone ____ already _____ (dance) and ____ (drink)
    When we got to the party, everyone was already dancing and drinking.
  • I couldn't go to my friend's party because.....
    ?
  • By the time we ___ (buy) our tickets, the film ___ (already/ start)
    By the time we bought our tickets, the film had already started
  • Is it correct? When I was a child, we were living in the country
    When I was a child, we lived in the country.
  • 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 you woke up this morning, your skin had turned green. WHAT HAD HAPPENED?
    ?
  • Finish the sentence using the past continuous: Susan missed the class because....
    (....she was watching a football game)
  • Is it correct? When I had got home yesterday, I watched TV
    When I got home yesterday, I watched TV
  • 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.
  • My letter ___ (not arrive) because I _____ (forget) to put a stamp on it.
    had forgotten
  • When he ___(enter) the room, somebody _______ (hit) him on the head.
    entered/ hit
  • When it ____ (start) to rain, we _______ (sit) on the beach.
    When it started to rain, we were sitting on the beach.
  • Is it correct? While I was picking up the phone, it stopped ringing
    As/ When I picked up the phone, it stopped ringing.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Susan suddenly forgets how to speak English. WHAT HAD HAPPENED?
    ?
  • I couldn't come to the class because I had.....
    ?
  • 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.
  • Is it correct? As I got off the train, I dropped my phone.
    Correct!
  • I _____ (hear) the phone ringing while I _____ (have) a shower.
    I heard the phone ringing while I was having a shower.
  • 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?
    ?