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Complete the sentences with the past continuous or past simple tense using the
pictures as cues. Look at the option below.

1 She was drinking a shake when ________
___e. She was drinking a shake when she
got an interesting text
message._____________________________
______________
5 He saw a shark He saw a shark while he
was scuba diving.
_____________________________________
________

7 The lightning was really bad ____________

3 He was working ______________________________________
overtime___________________ _______
__________________He was working
overtime when the files fell on
him.___________________________

9 He was lifting heavy boxes ____________

_____________________________________
___
2 He got hit by a when she was looking at
car__________________________ ______f. her phone.
He got hit by a car when he was
crossing the ______________________________________
road.________________________________ _______
_______

4 He found some money 10 He realized he was lost _____________

_____________________ ____
_____________________________________ f. He realized he was lost while he was
________ driving in the
countryside.___________________________
__________________

6 There was an earthquake

_________________
a. There was an earthquake
while she was having
breakfast.
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____

b. 8 Someone stole her purse

Someone stole her purse
 c. There was an earthquake while she was having breakfast.
d. The lightning was really bad while she was flying home.
e. Someone stole her purse when she was looking at her phone.
f. He realized he was lost while he was driving in the countryside.
g. She was drinking a shake when she got an interesting text message.
h. He got hit by a car when he was crossing the road.
i. He was working overtime when the files fell on him.
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j. He saw a shark while he was scuba diving.