Past Simple VS Past Continuous
She ........ (wash) the dishes while he .... (clean) the bathroom.
She was washing the dishes when he was cleaning the bathroom.
I never (fly) before.
had never flown
When she was 5 she ..... have very long hair
used to
When I was five we (buy) a country house and (go) there every weekend
bought/used to go (would go)
Yesterday at 7 p.m the children .... (do) their homework.
were doing
When I (come) home they (finish)cooking the dinner.
came/had finished
People ..... travel by bikes because it was cheaper
used to/would
When he (enter) the room they (do) their homework and (play) computer games
entered, had done, were playing
When the teacher ... (come) in the children .... (run) around the room.
came in\were running
She (say) she (see) him.
said/had seen
When they were little they .... have a lot of toys, ..... play different games and ..... be always happy
used to/would/used to
I (have) long hair but the day before I (finish) school I (cut) it
used to have\finished\had cut
I .... (learn) how to cook paella when I ....(live) in Spain.
learned(learnt)\was living
We were lucky because when we (come) to the stadium the match (start).
had come\started
It was very strange to see electro scooters everywhere but now I ......
am used to them
They (drive) the car when they (hear) on the radio that the vandals (burn) the school where they (study) when they were children
were driving\heard\had burnt\used to study
When he ... (wake up) last night and ... (go) to the window he ... (see) that the moon... (shine) brightly and the stars ...(sparkle) next to it.
woke up/went/saw/was shining/were sparkling
He (come) home, (open) the door and (see) some burglars (take away) all his gadgets.
came/opened/saw/had taken
Nowadays we ........... (live) with VPN
are used to living
The Wright brothers (work) in the bike shop in the time when people (ride) bikes a lot where they (repair) a lot of bikes before they (have) an idea of creating a flying craft
were working\ used to ride had repaired\ had