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Choose the best answers to complete the sentences.
1 I talkedwas talking to my best friend yesterday when I droppedwas dropping my phone.
2 While we bookedwere booking our summer holiday, the computer crashedwas crashing.
3 My parents workedwere working abroad when they metwere meeting each other.
4 The climber fellwas falling while he climbedwas climbing the mountain.
5 While my brother playedwas playing rugby, he brokewas breaking his nose.
Complete the sentences with the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
1 While we for the bus, it to rain. (wait / start)
2 Olivia vegetables when she her finger. (chop / cut)
3 the lights while the students the experiment? (go out/do)
4 They the lightning while they under a tree. (not see / stand)
5 Eva her friend while she to school. (text / walk)
Write the first half of the sentences using the prompts.
1 The cyclist / approach / the finish line / when
2 While / we / walk / along the beach
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3 I / listen to / the news / when
4 A bee / sting / Clara / when
5 My dad / fall off / a ladder / while
6 While / the children / play / in the garden
Match the second half of the sentences a–f with 1–6 in Exercise 3. Then write the complete sentences.
a I heard a really funny story. →
b she was sunbathing in the garden. →
c we saw something in the water. →
d he fell off his bike. →
e they found some old coins. →
f he was painting my bedroom. →
Complete the sentences with the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs from the box.
cook / burn - do / sprain - get / look for have / break - walk / start
1 Sam dinner when he his hand.
2 Max and Millie lost while they the hostel.
3 Julia in the forest when the fire .
4 Mrs Jones a cup of coffee when a ball the window.
5 He some exercises in the gym when he his ankle.
be - see - talk
1 A: Who you to when I you in town yesterday?
B: That Tom from my maths class last year.
break - happen - play
2 A: Oh dear! What to your arm?
B: I it while I hockey at the weekend.
do - hear - lie
3 A: What you when you the news about the next Olympics?
B: I in bed!
do - fall - text
4 A: Guess what? I off my bike.
B: How embarrassing! What you ?
A: I you!
Complete the text with the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
LOST AT SEA
José Salvador Alvarenga (set out) from Mexico to go fishing for the day in December 2012. Thirteen months later, he (arrive) on the small island of Ebon Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, 5,500 miles away. While he (wait) for someone to rescue him, he (survive) by eating birds and fish and drinking rainwater. One morning, two people on a nearby island (hear) shouts and cries from Ebon Atoll.
When the people (see) José, he (shout) loudly and waving his arms to attract their attention and he only (wear) his underwear!
The people (not understand) him at first. They (take) him to their home and five days later, a boat (come) to take José home. José (suffer) from a sore back and swollen joints, but despite his ordeal he wasn't in bad shape!
Correct the underlined mistakes and rewrite the sentences.
1 Did you climb the mountain when you heard the noise?
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2 While I read my book, I was seeing a strange shadow outside my window.
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3 Were you walking to school yesterday?
4 Charlie was breaking his leg when he was falling off his bike.
5 Were you coming across my mobile when you tidied my room?
Complete the sentences with your own ideas. Use the past simple or the past continuous.
you have completed the lesson!
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