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1. Choose the correct tense to complete the sentences.
1. Jake looked at the weather outside: it was grey, but it didn’t rain / wasn’t raining.
2. You didn’t answer when I phoned you this morning. What did you do / were you doing?
3. Lucy witched off her computer, put on / was putting on her coat and left / was leaving the office.
4. She closed the window because some children made / were making a lot of noise outside.
5. When I told my friends about the robbery, they didn’t believe / weren’t believing me.
6 She didn’t hear the doorbell because she had / was having a shower.
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2. Complete the sentences. Use the past simple form of one verb and the past continuous form of the other.
1. I _____________ (see) Henry as I _____________ (cycle) to the sports centre.
2. While we _____________ (prepare) the picnic, it _____________ (start) to rain.
3. All my friends _____________ (leave) the party when I _____________ (arrive).
4. As we _____________ (walk) by the river, we_____________ (hear) a shout.
5. We _____________ (not eat) very much while we _____________ (stay) in that hotel.
6. I _____________ (drink) my dad’s coffee while he _____________ (not look).
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3. Complete the text with the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
In January 2014, a doctor from New Zealand (1) had (have) a frightening experience with a shark – but his calm reaction (2)_____________ (make) him the star of news reports around the world.
James Grant (3)_____________ (fish) with friends one Saturday when a shark attacked him. He (4)_____________ (not see) anything, but he (5)_____________ (feel) a sudden pain in his leg. At first, he thought that his friends (6)_____________ (play) a prank on him. He (7)_____________ (turn) around – but nobody (8)_____________ (be) behind him. Then he (9)_____________ (realise) what (10)_____________ (happen).
Luckily, James (11)_____________ (carry) a knife so he (12)_____________ (use) it to fight off the shark. Then he (13)_____________ (get) out of the water and (14)_____________ (look) at his leg. The bites were 5 cm long and they (15)_____________ (bleed) a lot. James (16)_____________ (clean) his leg. Then he and his friends (17)_____________ (go) to a nearby café! While they (18)_____________ (enjoy) a drink, somebody (19)_____________ (give) James a bandage because his leg (20)_____________ (bleed). He (21)_____________ (go) to hospital for some treatment, but on Monday he was back at work.
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4. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first.
1. I hurt my finger while I was playing the guitar.
I was playing the guitar when I hurt my finger.
2. I was walking home when it started to rain.
While I ______________________________
3. She broke her leg while she was learning to ski.
She was learning ________________________
4. He was making lunch when he suddenly felt ill.
As he _________________________________
5. She was telling me about her party when she started to laugh loudly.
She started _________________________________
6. I lost my wallet while I was shopping.
While I _________________________________
7. As the band were playing their first song, all the lights went out.
The band were playing _________________________________
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5. Complete the sentences with your own ideas. Use the past simple or past continuous.
1. As I was getting off the bus, _________________________________.
2. We were trying to find our hotel when _________________________.
3. An amazing thing happened as _______________________________.