Choose correct option
While I listened/ was listening to music, my brother was playing in the garden.
was listening
While I ____________ (pack) for my holiday, I _______ (find) some old sunglasses.
was packing/found
We were furious, because we _______ (wait) for over two hours before the train arrived at the station.
had been waiting
I _______ eating spinach when I was a child, but now I love it!
- ENJOY
didn't use to enjoy
My dad would play in a band before he got married.
Used to play
My friends often phoned/ were often phoning me in the evenings.
often phoned
As I _______ (leave) the restaurant, I _________ (realised) that I'd left my scarf behind.
was leaving / realised
She ________(write) poetry for over three years before she finally decided to try to get some of her poems published.
had been writing
Her friend _______ judo, but now she trains twice a week
- DO
didn't use to do
I would work in a hotel for many years in my youth.
Incorrect:
I used to work
While I was baking a cake, I realised/ was realising that the recipe was wrong.
realised
While Mark _______ (practise) the piano, his sister _______ (watch) TV.
was practising / was watching
Martha's children devoured the cake that she _________ (bake) only an hour ago.
had baked
They _______ hours playing football in the park.
+ SPEND
used to spend
When I was a kid I would play in the park with my friends until it was quite dark and my mother called me to go in.
Correct
It was a beautiful day. The sun shone/was shining and the birds sang/ were singing.
was shining/ were singing
When we _____ (hear) the protest, we all ________ (stop) what we __________ (do) and ________ (looked) out of the window.
heard/ stopped/ were doing/ looked
I must have dropped the letter that she _______(hand) to me.
had handed
My mother __________ a beautiful grand piano.
+ OWN
used to own
I didn't use to enjoy the taste of seafood, until I had the chance to eat some fresh mussels in Scotland last year.
Correct
Simone Biles won/ was winning four gold medals for the USA at the Rio Olympics.
won
My computer _______ (crash) while I _________ (write) my essay.
crashed/ was writing
When they got home, they discovered that their babysitter ____________ (already read) their toddler a bedtime story.
had already read
_______ she ______ in touch with her relatives before they emigrated to New Zealand?
? KEEP
Did she use to keep
I would live in London near Hyde Park until I left to go to university in Nottingham.
Incorrect
I used to live