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Marinafed Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Please check past simple past continuous

16. I was just opening the letter when the wind blew it out of my hand. 17. The burglar was opening the safe when he heard footsteps. He immediately put out his torch and crawled under the bed. 18. When I was looking for my passport I found this old photograph. 19. You looked very busy when I saw you last night. What were you doing? 20 . The boys were playing cards when they heard their father steps. They immediately hid the cards and took out their lesson books. 21. He was cleaning his gun when it accidentally went off and killed him. 22. He did not allowed us to go out in the boat yesterday as a strong wind was blowing.
  

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All the verbs are fine, but these were wrong: 20 . The boys were playing cards when they heard their father's steps 22. He did not allow us to go out in the boat yesterday as a strong wind was blowing .

  • All the verbs are fine, but these were wrong: 20 .
  • The boys were playing cards when they heard their father's steps 22.
  • He did not allow us to go out in the boat yesterday as a strong wind was blowing .
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All the verbs are fine, but these were wrong:

20 . The boys were playing cards when they heard their father's steps
22. He did not allow us to go out in the boat yesterday as a strong wind was blowing.

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