he DUt Summing up 12 Past continuous or Past simple? Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tens. I was waiting (wait) for my friend Elle outside the White Rose Shopping Centre : 1 Cook) at a jacket in a sp window when | 2 (seo) a boy next to me. He 3 now/look at the clothes in the shop - he (look) at my bag! I kney, something was wrong, so I decided to go. When I S (turn) to walk away, the boy • (pull) my bag from my hand. He ? (run) to the corner of the street. His friend (wait) for him on a scooter. A nice woman" I was OK. She 19 her mobile and | 11 my mum. While | 12 to Mum, Ellie 13 114 and we 15 station together. (ask) me (give) me (phone (talk) (arrive). (tell) her about my bag (go) to the police At the Police David Police David Polici Davi Polic Dav Polic Dav Poli Dav Pol Da

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he
DUt
Summing up
12 Past continuous or Past simple? Put the
verbs in brackets into the correct tens.
I was waiting (wait) for my friend Elle
outside the White Rose Shopping Centre :
1
Cook) at a jacket in a sp
window when | 2
(seo)
a boy next to me. He 3
now/look at the clothes in the shop - he
(look) at my bag! I kney,
something was wrong, so I decided to go.
When I S
(turn) to walk
away, the boy •
(pull) my
bag from my hand. He ?
(run) to the corner of the street. His friend
(wait) for him on a
scooter.
A nice woman"
I was OK. She 19
her mobile and | 11
my mum. While | 12
to Mum, Ellie 13
114
and we 15
station together.
(ask) me
(give) me
(phone
(talk)
(arrive).
(tell) her about my bag
(go) to the police
At the
Police
David
Police
David
Polici
Davi
Polic
Dav
Polic
Dav
Poli
Dav
Pol
Da
Answer

1. was cooking 2. saw 3. wasn't looking 4. turned 5. pulled 6. ran 7. was waiting 8. called 9. gave 10. was talking 11. arrived 12. told 13. went 14. asked 15. walked 16. reported 17. asked 18. took 19. was filling out 20. arrived. Most of the verbs are in past continuous tense, except for a few in past simple tense.

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In the given passage, the past continuous tense is used to describe actions that were in progress at a specific time in the past. For example,...
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