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George _________ off the ladder while he __________ the ceiling. (fall, paint)
FELL\ WAS PAINTING
Last night I ________________ in bed when I suddenly ________________ a scream. (read, hear)
WAS READING\ HEARD
________________ TV when I ________________ you? (you watch, phone)
WERE YOU WATCHING\ PHONED
Ann ________________ for me when I ________________ . (wait, arrive)
WAS WAITING\ ARRIVED
Maisie ________________ up the kitchen when John ________________ her to marry him. (clean, ask)
WAS CLEANING\ ASKED
The house ________________ £ 150,000 in 2003. (cost)
COST
My dog ________________ along quietly when Mary’s Pekinese ________________ him. (walk, attack)
WAS WALKING\ ATTACKED
My brother ________________ a new job a week ago (get).
GOT
Columbus ________________ America over 500 years ago (discover)
DISCOVERED
She ________________ not interested in the book because she ________________ it (be ,not understand)
WAS\ DIDN'T UNDERSTAND
________________ at school yesterday? (you be)
WERE YOU
We ________________ in a house near the sea last summer (live)
LIVED
She ________________ the piano very well when she ________________ young (can play, be)
COULD PLAY\ WAS
She ________________ the office very early last night (leave).
LEFT
She ________________ a bright yellow dress when I ________________ her last (wear, see)
WAS WEARING\ SAW
I ________________ around and ________________ Judy. (turn, see)
TURNED\ SAW
I ________________ for my things when I ________________ someone call my name (pay, hear)
WAS PAYING\ HEARD
I ________________ a friend while I ________________ the shopping (meet, do)
MET\ WAS DOING
While the waiter ________________ up the pieces of glass he ________________ his finger (pick, cut)
WAS PICKING\ CUT
We ________________ to have a cup of tea. (decide)
DECIDED
When I ________________ home they ________________ around a fire. Jack ________________ a crossword puzzle, Judy ________________ and the others ________________ . Mother ________________ at me and said : “ Come and sit down” (come, sit, do, knit, read, smile)
CAME\ WERE SITTING\ WAS DOING WAS KNITTINH\WERE READING\SMILED
The next day, as they ________________ that the police ________________ for them, they ________________ the coats in the woods and ________________ off in different directions. (know, look, hide, go)
KNEW\WERE LOOKING\ HID\ WENT
He suddenly ________________ that he ________________ in the wrong direction. (realize, travel)
REALIZED\ WAS TRAVELLING
He ________________ guitar when someone ________________ the window and ________________ out a bucket of water. (play, open, throw)
WAS PLAYING\ OPENED\ THREW
I ________________ the fire at six and it ________________ brightly when Tom came in at seven. (light, still burn)
LIGHTED\ WAS STILL BURNING