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6th Past Cont, Past Simple

The document contains a series of sentences that illustrate the use of different verb tenses in English, particularly focusing on the past continuous and simple past forms. Each sentence describes an action occurring at a specific time or in relation to another action. The examples serve as practice for understanding how to construct sentences using these tenses.

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6th Past Cont, Past Simple

The document contains a series of sentences that illustrate the use of different verb tenses in English, particularly focusing on the past continuous and simple past forms. Each sentence describes an action occurring at a specific time or in relation to another action. The examples serve as practice for understanding how to construct sentences using these tenses.

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1. The plane ____________________________ (is flying) to Paris when it crashed.

2. The students ____________________________ (are waiting) for the bus when it started to rain.
3. We ____________________________ (are crossing) when the traffic lights ____________________________
(turn) red.
4. When their mother called, the children ____________________________ (are playing) games.
5. Sue ____________________________ (is washing) the dishes when the phone rang.
6. My father ____________________________ (cook) the dinner.
7. Jim ____________________________ (break) his leg when he ____________________________ (is playing)
golf.
8. My brother ____________________________ (is jumping) on the bed when my mum
____________________________ (walk) in.
9. Someone ____________________________ (take) Peter’s bag while he ____________________________ (is
making) a phone call.
10. When I ____________________________ (arrive) I went into the kitchen.
11. When the teacher ____________________________ (come into the room, two boys
____________________________ (are playing) football
12. Peter ____________________________ (turn on) the TV , but nothing ____________________________
(happen).
13. When Helen ____________________________ (is walking) to school, she ____________________________
(see) the dog again.
14. While we ____________________________ (are running) in the park, Mary ____________________________
(fall over).
15. At 7 o’clock, Tony ____________________________ (get) out of bed, and ____________________________
(go) into the bathroom.
16. While Kate ____________________________ ((is drinking) some milk, she ____________________________
(drop) the glass.
17. While I ____________________________ (is listening) to music, I ____________________________ (hear)
the doorbell.

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