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Past continuous - Exercise 1

Thursday, 04 February 2016
Example of past continuous: when I rang the door… Example of past continuous: when I rang the door… This image is licensed under the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license

Complete these sentences with your own ideas using the past continuous.

For example "When John arrived, we were...playing music and drinking tea."

While Eve was on the plane, she ________________

When Ben opened the door, he saw his friends ________________

While Erica was sleeping, the film was ________________

Christie ________________ and ________________ to try and get my attention.

When I rang the doorbell, Bob ________________

Frances and Jean ________________, when the accident happened.

While Emily was falling, she ________________

When Beth started her car engine, she realised it ________________

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