Past Continuous
&
Past Simple
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sleeping
When I (torang
ring) up my friend, he was
(to sleep).
fell
When grandfather was
(to watching
watch) TV, he (to fall)
asleep.
When I was
(to going
go) to the stadium, I (to met
meet) Ann
and Kate.
When Nick (torang
ring) me up yesterday, I
(to
was
helping
help)
mother.
walking through the wood,
When the children were
(to walk)
they (tosaw
see) a fox.
waswash)
washing
When I (tocame
come) home, my sister (to
the floor.
When Mike was
(to playing
play) in the yard, he (tofound
find) a
ball.
8.
When I was
(to drawing
draw) yesterday, I (to broke
break) two
pencils.
wasgo)
going to the shop.
9.
When I (to met
meet) Tom, he (to
10. When I (to
look) out of the window, the children
looked
were
(toplaying
play) hide-and-seek.
11. I (to
go) to the theatre yesterday.
went
12. At 7 o’clock yesterday I (to
wasgo)
going to the theatre.
13. What were
you you
(todoing
do) at 5 o’clock yesterday? – I
(to playing
play) the piano.
was
14. We were
(to playing
play) in the yard the whole evening
yesterday.
7.
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21.
wasprepare)
preparing breakfast in the morning,
When I (to
I (tocutcut) my finger.
went
Last year I (to
go) to the USA.
Did (to
you go
You
go) to Great Britain last year? – No, I
(to
go) to France.
went
What you
(to do
do) yesterday? – I (totranslated
translate) a
did you
long article.
When I (tocame
come) to school, the children
(to standing
stand) near the classroom.
were
At this time yesterday I was
(tositting
sit) at the theatre.
He was
(to playing
play) computer games from 2 till 5
yesterday.
Last night I (towas
be) alone at home. I was
(to lying
lie) on
waswatch)
watching TV when I (toheard
my bed and (to
hear) a
came
strange noise. The noise (to come)
from the
kitchen. I (towent
go) downstairs, (topicked
pickupup) a
heavy vase from the table and (toheaded
headforfor)
the kitchen. I (toopened
open) the door very slowly.
waslook
lookingfor)
for
Then I (tosaw
see) someone. He (to
something in the fridge. I (towas
be) so
frightened that I (to
drop) the vase I
dropped
was
(to carrying
carry) and it (tocrashed
crash) onto the floor. The
man (toturned
turn) towards he door and I (tosaw
see)
his face. It (towas
be) my husband.