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