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Circle the correct answers.

1. The pupils were talking / talked when the teacher came into the classroom.
2. Last summer I visited / was visiting my uncle in Barcelona.
3. You read the email I sent yesterday, werent / didnt you?
4. I was seeing / saw Nancy this morning. She was standing / stood at the bus stop.
5. What did you eat / were you eating for supper last night?
6. When John was falling off / fell off his bike, he was cycling / cycled in the park.
7. Mrs Smith wasn't sleeping when I called, was / did she?
8. How many people were waiting / waited when the doctor was arriving / arrived?

There is one mistake in each of the sentences below. Find and correct the mistake.
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1. Anne used to did ballet when she was young.
2. I was reading a book while my friend came into the room.
3. I didnt used to go out by myself at night.
4. I watched TV at 10 oclock last night.
5. Did you used to play in the park when you were young?
6. My friend and I were walking in the street when suddenly it was starting to rain.
7. Jack didn't use to eat fish, didnt he?

Complete the text. Use Past Simple or Past Continuous.

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Yesterday, my friend Bob and I (1) ................................
(find) a mobile phone while we
(2) ................................ (play) in the playground at school. The phone (3) ................................ (lie)
on the ground under a tree. We (4) ................................ (think) it belonged to one of the pupils, so
we picked it up. Suddenly, it (5) ................................ (start) to ring! Bob (6) ................................ (not
want) to answer it, but I did. I was surprised to hear our teachers voice! She asked, Where
(7) ................................ (you / find) my phone? I (8) ................................ (lose) it while I
(9) ................................ (walk) into school this morning! When I told her we were in the playground,
she asked us to wait for her. When she (10) ................................ (arrive), she thanked us and
(11) ................................ (give) us each a sweet!