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Example of past continuous: when I rang the door…
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Past continuous - Exercise 1
Written by Barbara WadsworthThursday, 04 February 2016
Example of past continuous: when I rang the door…
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Complete these sentences with your own ideas using the past continuous.
For example "When John arrived, we were...playing music and drinking tea."
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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 ________________