I clean my computer screen (hardly ever).
I hardly ever clean my computer screen.
Do you feel nervous when you speak English (sometimes)?
Do you sometimes feel nervous when you speak English?
A video chat is as good as a face to face conversation (never).
A video chat is never as good as a face to face conversation.
I feel bored if I’m not with my friends (usually).
I usually feel bored if I’m not with my friends.
I don’t use social media (often).
I don’t often use social media.
New skateboard tricks aren’t easy to do (always).
New skateboard tricks aren’t always easy to do.
The film / start / at 21.00
The film starts at 21.00.
The train / leave / soon.
The train leaves soon.
We / go / on holiday next Monday.
We go on holiday next Monday.
I / have / breakfast at 7 am every day.
I have breakfast at 7 am every day.
Where / go / on your last holiday?
Where did you go on your last holiday?
What / do / last weekend?
What did you do last weekend?
Who / see yesterday?
Who did you see yesterday?
/ have breakfast yesterday morning?
Did you have breakfast yesterday morning?
/ listen to music last night?
Did you listen to music last night?
What did you do / were you doing when I called you / was calling you?
What were you doing when I called you?
As they were leaving / left the phone was ringing / rang.
As they were leaving the phone rang.
He did / was doing his technology project when his computer broke / was breaking.
He was doing his technology project when his computer broke.
I didn’t see / wasn’t seeing Tom while I played / was playing football.
I didn’t see Tom while I was playing football.
She was sleeping / slept when I was arriving / arrived home.
She was sleeping when I arrived home.
My brother / eat / I arrive home
Use: when, as, or while
My brother was eating when I arrived home.
She / arrive at the party / we leave
Use: when, as, or while
She arrived at the party as we were leaving.
My friend / listen to music / I sleep
Use: when, as, or while
My friend listened to music while I was sleeping.
They / walk to school / bus drive past
Use: when, as, or while
They were walking to school when the bus drove past.
When they were walking to school, the bus drove past.
My mum / read / my dad cook dinner
Use: when, as, or while
My mum was reading while my dad cooked dinner.