Question

Circle the correct verb form
a) Mary prepared I was preparing lunch when they came I was coming.
b) Tom was very unlucky it rained I was raining every day during his holidays.
c) Who was that nice girl you talked / were talking to when I walked I was walking by the pub?
d) Last weekend Susan fell / was falling and brokel was breaking her leg​

Answer 1

Resposta:

a) Mary was preparing lunch when they came.

b) Tom was very unlucky it rained every day during his holidays.

c) Who was that nice girl you were talking to when I walked by the pub?

d) Last weekend Susan fell and broke her leg​

Explicação:

a) Past continuous - Uma ação estava ocorrendo de forma contínua no passado enquanto uma ocorreu e terminou. Mary estava preparando o almoço ao mesmo tempo em que alguém chegou;

b) Simple past - Choveu durante todos os dias no feriado, a ação começou e terminou no passado;

c) Past continuous - Uma ação estava ocorrendo de forma contínua no passado enquanto uma ocorreu e terminou. Alguém estava conversando enquanto outra pessoa passou por eles;

d) Ambas as ações ocorreram e terminaram no passado, Susan caiu e quebrou a perna.