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Practice
Complete the sentences.
• Which hotel ________ (you/stay) in when
you lost your passport?
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• Which hotel were you staying in when you
lost your passport?
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• I _________ (live) in London when I met
them.
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• I was living in London when I met them.
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• It ______ (snow) when I left home this
morning.
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• It was snowing when I left home this
morning.
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• At the end of the first half of the game, they
______ (win).
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• At the end of the first half of the game, they
were winning.
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• It was a sunny afternoon and people
_________ (sit) on the grass in the park. Then
it suddenly started to rain.
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• It was a sunny afternoon and people were
sitting on the grass in the park. Then it
suddenly started to rain.
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• He ________ (talk) on the phone when I
arrived.
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• He was talking on the phone when I arrived.
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• I tried to explain my problem to him, but he
________ (not/listen).
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• I tried to explain my problem to him, but he
wasn’t listening.
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• What ________ (you/do) at 3 o’clock
yesterday afternoon?
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• What were you doing at 3 o’clock yesterday
afternoon?
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• A lot of people _______ (wait) for the 7.30
bus last night.
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• A lot of people was waiting for the 7.30 bus
last night.
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• I looked out of the window, and I saw that it
__________ (not/rain) any more.
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• I looked out of the window, and I saw that it
wasn’t raining any more.
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• Fortunately, I _______ (not/drive) too fast
when the child walked into the road in front
of me.
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• Fortunately, I was not driving too fast when
the child walked into the road in front of me.
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• I nearly had an accident this morning. A car
_________ (come) towards me, but I moved
quickly out of the way.
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• I nearly had an accident this morning. A car
was coming towards me, but I moved quickly
out of the way.