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Verb: Past Continuous/Past Tense
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Verb: Past Continuous/Past Tense
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1. It _______________(rain) hard last night.
2. We__________(sit) on our front porch when Juanita _________(drive) up in her new car.
3. 'At noon, when you __________(telephone), I _________(work) in my garden.'
4. 'When the oil embargo___________(start), Steven _______(live) in California.'
5. 'As Phillip ________(get) off the bus, he __________(slip) and _________(break) his leg.'
6. Your fax_______________(come) just as I ____________(leave) my house.
7. 'Last night, just as we _____________(leave) for the movies, some friends _______(call) us.'
8. The sun___________(shine) brightly when I got up this morning.
9. We_____________(have) our dinner at McDonalds last night.
10. Mr. Gomez_________(drive) at about fifty miles an hour when the accident_______(happen)
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While I ____(go) home last night, I saw a bad accident.

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12. 'At five o'clock, when you telephoned, I ___________(read) newspaper.'
13. We______________(have) our dinner when you called.
14. I _______________(go) home last night by bus.
15. It ______________(rain) hard when I___________ (leave) home this morning.
16. I_______________(sleep) soundly when the phone rang.
17. I_______________(read) two books last week.
18. The wind__________(blow) hard when I came to work this morning.
19. 'While I _____________(come) to work this morning, I met an old friend.'
20. We____________(drive) at about fifty miles an hour when the accident happened.
21. We ___________(drive) to an amusement park yesterday.
22. It _______________(rain) hard when I left the office at four o'clock.
23. The sun___________(shine) brightly this morning.
24. Mauricio__________(talk) with his boss when I last _________(saw) him.
25. 'At five o'clock, when I _________(call) the office, they ___________(have) dinner.'

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