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Past Simple Past Continuous

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  • The snow ……………… (cover) the mountains when I …………….. (wake) up.
    was covering / woke up
  • Many people …………..……. (travel) on the ship when it hit some rocks.
    were travelling
  • Bernardo …………… (walk) his dogs when he ……………. (see) your girlfriend with Sergio.
    was walking / saw
  • The girl ……………. (whisper) something in my ear but I couldn’t understand it.
    whispered
  • Alexander ………… (begin) to cry when I ………. (tell) him the bad news.
    began / told
  • While Julian ………………….. (repair) his motorbike, his grandfather …………… (read) a magazine.
    was repairing / was reading
  • The little girl ……………. (fall) down and ……..……… (cry) loudly.
    fell / cried
  • We ………..….. (play) bingo when the lights ………… (go) out.
    were playing / went
  • Helen and Hector ……….. (spend) a lot of money last Easter holidays.
    spent
  • They ………. (talk) on the phone when the boss …………..(arrive) at the office.
    were talking
  • Andrew ………………. (give) some money to his sister and she ………… (tell) him ‘thank you’.
    gave / told
  • When Caroline ……………….. (get) off the bus it …………………….. (snow) a little.
    got / was snowing
  • My cousin Lilia ………………… (tell) me good jokes yesterday evening at the pub.
    told
  • Leonard ………………… (do) some research at the laboratory when I called him.
    was doing
  • Margaret …………….. (reply) all the letters she ………………. (receive) last week.
    was replying / received
  • My uncle ……………. (save) a lot of money to buy a new sports car two years ago.
    saved
  • Hannah Hutted………..(become) a well-known writer five years ago in France.
    became
  • At 5,00 Mrs Simpson ……………. (have) a cup of coffee with some friends.
    was having