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Past Simple and Past Continuous

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  • My cousin ______________ (meet) his wife, Bianca, while he ______________ (live) in Italy
    met, was living
  • He __________ (work) in a bank when he __________ (meet) his wife.
    [ was working ][ met ]
  • When I ___________ (walk) into the room, everyone ___________ (work)
    [ walked ][ was working ]
  • When I got up this morning, the sun ... (SHINE)
    was shining
  • I feel really silly! While I danced / was dancing, I fell / was falling and broke / was breaking my elbow.
    was dancing, fell, broke
  • Tim played / was playing a computer game when his mum called / was calling him for lunch.
    was playing, called
  • When David was rollerblading, he ... (FALL).
    fell
  • When I __________ (leave) the house, it __________ (snow).
    [ left ][ was snowing ]
  • Carla and Fred ... (TALK) when the accident happened.
    were talking
  • What __________ (you/do) when I __________ (call) you last night?
    [ were you doing ][ called ]
  • Susie ___________ (watch) a film when she ___________ (hear) the noise.
    [ was watching ][ heard ]
  • Why ___________ (stand) on a chair when I ___________ (come) into the room?
    [ were you standing ][ came ]
  • He _________________ (take) a shower when the telephone _________________ (ring).
    [ was taking ][ rang ]
  • I looked / was looking for a file on my memory stick when I noticed / was noticing there was a virus
    was looking, noticed
  • I ___________ (sit) in a cafe when you ___________ (call) .
    [ was sitting ][ called ]
  • While the children were playing in the park, Sarah ... (READ) a book.
    was reading
  • When her train ____________ (get) to the station, we ____________ (wait) on the platform.
    [ got ][ were waiting ]
  • When the teacher ... (ARRIVE) the students were sitting.
    arrived
  • We _____________ (play) tennis when John _____________ (hurt) his ankle.
    [ were playing ][ hurt ]
  • While the teacher was talking, the students ... (LISTEN).
    were listening
  • I listened / was listening to the radio when I heard / was hearing this fantastic song
    was listening, heard
  • Ron found / was finding a really interesting website about dance music while he surfed / was surfing the internet
    found, was surfing
  • My mum had / was having breakfast near the computer when she spilled / was spilling her cup of coffee on the keyboard.
    was having, spilled
  • While they ______________ (try) to fix the computer, all the lights ______________ (go out)
    were trying, went out
  • He ___________ (live) in Russia when the Revolution ___________ (start).
    [ was living ][ started ]