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Past Simple and Past Continuous
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PAST CONTINUOUS AND PAST SIMPLE
Level:
intermediate
Age:
10-14
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5213
FOUR TENSES REVIEW -PRESENT SIMPLE- PRESENT CONTINUOUS-PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS (B&W VERSION+ KEY INCLUDED)
Level:
elementary
Age:
12-14
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Past Continuous and Past Simple
Level:
intermediate
Age:
12-14
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2568
Conversation Questions for Elementary Students
Level:
elementary
Age:
10-17
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**SPEAKING PROMPTS** | PAST simple/continuous practice |32 cards| FUN CONVERSATION ACTIVITY
Level:
intermediate
Age:
10-17
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2519
Reviewing Basic Grammar Points series (9) - Past Simple and Past Continuous (all forms)
Level:
intermediate
Age:
10-17
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2084
PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS
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Complete the texts with the correct form of the verbs in brackets:
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I
�(hear) a terrible explosion while I
�(walk) into my office on the 24
th�
floor of the north tower, so I
�(look) out of the window. Lots of paper
�(fall) from the sky. There was an announcement to evacuate the building, so we
�(start) walking down the stairs. As we
�(go) down, we
�(see) some fire-fighters who
�(run) up the stairs. When we
�(get) to the ground floor, we
�(run) as fast as we could, and after 10 minutes we
�(stop) to rest in a small park. That's where we�
�(stand) when the second tower
�(fall) down.
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I
�(live) in Edinburgh at the time in a fourth floor flat. It
�(be) about two o'clock and I
�(sleep). Suddenly I
�(wake up). I
�(hear) a dog barking loudly outside my window. I
�(get up) and
�(look) out. I
�(be) still half asleep and it
�(be) very dark but I could see that someone
�(climb) up a ladder towards my bedroom window. I
�(be) terrified. I quickly
�(phone) the police. I
�the situation when I
�(hear) a knock on the window. I
�(look) up. There
�(be) my flatmate at the top of the ladder. He
�(wave) and
�(shout), "Let me in. I've forgotten my keys!"