Grammar Check A 6.

4 Past Continuous and Past Simple

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1 Choose the correct option to complete the sentences.

0 What were you doing / did you do when I called / was calling you last night?

1 My brother fell / was falling when he skateboarded / was skateboarding with his friends yesterday.

2 My grandma crossed / was crossing the street when she met / was meeting her neighbour.

3 I played / was playing basketball when I twisted / was twisting my knee.

4 We bought / were buying some sweets when our mum phoned / was phoning us.

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2 Complete the story with the Past Simple or Past Continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

I love running. Last Tuesday, I 0 went (go) for a run to a park. When I 1______________________ (run)
near a small lake, I 2_____________________ (see) a young child. His mum 3_____________________
(talk) with her friends when the boy 4_____________________ (fall) into the water.
I 5_____________________ (jump) into the cold water and 6_____________________ (help) him. I was
lucky I 7_____________________ (not catch) a cold!

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Total: ______ / 15

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