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REVISION: PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

3. Use your own ideas to complete the sentences. Use the Past Continuous tense:
1. Mat phoned me while we __were having dinner.__________________________
2. The doorbell rang while I _________________________________________
3. We saw an accident while we ______________________________________
4. Ann fell asleep while she _________________________________________
5. The television was on, but nobody __________________________________
6. I lost my keys when I ___________________________________________
7. Somebody stole our car while we ___________________________________
8. The electricity went out while she __________________________________
9. While he ________________________ he saw his girlfriend with another boy.
4. Put the verb into the correct form, past continuous or past simple.
1, Jenny was waiting (wait) form me when I arrived (arrive).
2. What ______________ (you/do) at this time yesterday? I was asleep.
3. __________________ (you/go) out last night? No, I was too tired.
4. How fast __________________ (you /drive) when the accident ___________
(happen)?
5. Sam _______________ (take) a photograph of me while I ________________
(not/look).
6. We were in a very difficult position. We ________________ (not/know) what to do.
7. When I was young , I __________________ (want) to be a pilot.
8. Last night, I _______________ (drop) a plate when I ______________ (do) the
washing up. Fortunately it _________________ (not/break).
9. I havent seen Alan for ages. When I last ____________ (saw) him, he
________________ (try) to find a job.
10. I _________________ (walk) along the street when suddenly I ________________
(hear) footsteps behind me. Somebody ___________________ (follow) me. I was scared
and I _____________ (stars) to run.

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