Question

1 Read and underline all the verbs.
a) They were waiting for the train when the
accident
happened.
b) Caroline was skiing when she broke her arm.
c) When we arrived, he was taking a shower.
d) When the fire started, I was sleeping.
2 Are the verbs in exercise 1 in the simple

or continuous form?
Write them in the table.
Past continuous
Past simple
were waiting happened

Answer 1

Răspuns:

They were waiting for the train when the accident happened.

were waiting - past continuous

happened - past simple

Caroline was skiing when she broked her arm.

was skiing - past continuous

broked - past simple

When we arrived he was taking a shower.

arrived - past simple

was taking - past continuous

When the fire started, I was sleeping.

started - past simple

was sleeping - past continuous