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Put the correct verb in the correct tense: Past Continuous or Past Simple

I ( phone / think ) about you when you ( phone / think )


I was thinking about you when you phoned
1. I ( read / hear ) in bed when I suddenly ( read / hear ) a noise
2. Dave ( walk / find ) to when he ( walk / find ) a $50 note in the street.
3. My friend ( steal / stand ) at the bus stop when somebody ( steal / stand ) her bag
4. Where ( you go / you meet ) when ( you go / you meet ) Natasha?
5. Alan ( see / swim ) in the river when he ( see / swim ) a crocodile
6. We ( come / camp ) on the beach when a snake ( come / camp ) into our tent
7. How fast ( you ride / you have ) when ( you ride / you have ) the accident?
8. I ( fly / sit 9 in the kitchen when a bird ( fly / sit ) through the open window
9. She ( feel / eat ) her dinner when she suddenly ( feel / eat ) ill
10. Wher ( you hear / you work ) when ( you hear / you work ) the scream?
11. While I ( have / ring ) a shower, the phone ( have / ring )
12. While Angela ( watch / fall ) television, she ( watch / fall ) asleep
13. While I ( break / do ) the washing up, I ( break / do ) a cup
14. While we ( travel / meet ) in the USA, we ( travel / meet ) some interesting people
15. While Paolo ( run / hurt ) in the park, he ( run / hurt ) his leg
16. While we ( see / work ) in the graden, we ( see / work ) two snakes
17. While Sam ( hear / have ) a bath, he ( hear / have ) the telephone
Read the text and correct the statements
Craig was sitting in front of the TV yesterday evening. He wasn't watching the programme because he was
putting a new battery in his mobile phone. He was feeling angry because he was waiting for his girlfriend Alice to
come to dinner and, as usual, she was late.
Suddenly he heard the name Alice Murray. He looked at the TV and he saw his girlfriend. Alice was
standing on the beach. She was wearing shorts and a T-shirt but they were wet. She was holding a little boy's hand
and she was smilling. The TV man said, "Four-yer-old martin Mulligan can't swim. He was playing on the beach
wahen a big wave pulled him out to sea. Alice saved him. She swam out to him and brought him back"
Craig was sitting in front of his computer.
Craig wasn't sitting in front of his computer. He was sitting in front of the TV
1. He was cleaning his mobile phone
2. He was feeling happy
3. He was waiting for his parents to come to dinner
4. Alice was standing outside a bank
5. She was wearing a party dress
6. She was crying
Read the text again. Write questions for these answers

Where was Craig sitting?


In front of the TV
1. ... in his mobile phone?
A new battery
2. ... angry?
Because Alice was late
3. ... suddenly hear?
The name Alice Murray
4. ... on TV?
His girlfriend Alice
5. ... Martin playing?
On the beach
6. ... to sea?
A big wave
7. What ... do?
She swam out to him and brought him back

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