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Past Simple vs Past Continuous
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We ................. (live) in Perth when I ............ (be) 5, but then we ...... (move) to Melbourne.
lived / was / moved
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The driver of the car ........ (text) when the police officer ......... (knock) on the car window.
was texting / knocked
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Susan ................. (travel) to Sydney when I ............... (see) her at the bus station.
was travelling / saw
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Matt ................ (use) the computer when he ........... (lose) the Internet connection.
was using / lost
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At the pool yesterday the lifeguards ................ (watch) everyone when a young boy .......... (fall) in the deep end and he couldn't swim.
were watching / fell
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At the beach, we .............. (see) a boy who ............ (cry)because he ........... (not have) any bathers. He was so sad.
saw / was crying / didn't have
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My friends ................ (relax) on the beach yesterday at 5 o'clock, but I ............ (work). :(
were relaxing / was working
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I ........... (sit) in the garden this morning and the birds ................... (sing) beautifully.
was sitting / were singing
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It .......................... (rain) when we .....................(come) out of the shopping centre.
was raining / came
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My sister and I ................. (fly) a kite in the park when we.................. (see) our cousins.
were flying / saw
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I ............. (be) ill last week, so I ............... (not go) to the party.
was / didn't go
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When I ............. (get) up this morning, my father .................. (listen to) ABC news.
got / was listening to
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.................. Tom and his father ................ (play) football when you ............. (see) them in the park?
Were Tom and his father playing / saw
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Claire ................. (plan) to go to Egypt last year, she ........... (not go) because of Covid.
was planning / didn't go
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........... you ........... (ask) your boss if she .......... (receive) my job application?
Did you ask / received
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They .................. (play) volleyball when the sun .................. (go) down
were playing / went
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Last Sunday we .................. (cook) lunch when you ............. (text) us.
were cooking / texted
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When the cars ...................... (crash) , people ................. (call) the police immediately.
crashed / called
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While he ..................... (prepare) dinner, he ............... (cut) his finger.
was preparing / cut
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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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The women ............................ (surf) yesterday at 12 o'clock when a huge shark ........... (appear)
were surfing / appeared
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Yesterday I ............ (not go) to the cinema with my friends. I ......... (stay) at home.
didn't go / stayed
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Mandy ............... (say) she .......... (study) all day on Friday, but she .......... (not study). She ........... (watch) Friends on Netflix.
said / was studying / wasn't studying / was watching
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He .................. (break) his leg while he ..................... (ski) at Mt Buller, near Melbourne.
broke / was skiing
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Yesterday my brother ............... (do) his homework before dinner, but he ............ (not finish) it.
was doing / didn't finish
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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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