INTERRUPTED PAST

INTERRUPTED PAST

INTERRUPTED PAST

A continuous action in the past interrupted by another past action.

It composes by a long action & a short action connected by the word WHEN

Long Action 

This long action is written in past continuous.

I was watching TV.

Short Action

This sentences is written in the simple past.

The phone rang.

Both sentences are connected by WHEN to make it Interrupted Past.

INTERRUPTED PAST

I was watching TV when the phone rang.

Remember the formulas for both tenses.

· PAST CONTINUOUS

subject + was / were + verbING + complement.

· SIMPLE PAST

subject + verb (past) + complement.

Multiple Select

COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE FOLLOWING VERBS PLAY - HIT

I ________ when the ball _____ me.

• I was playing when the ball hit me.

• I was played when the ball hitted me.

• I was playing when the ball hitted me.

• I played when the ball was hiting me.

Multiple Choice

I _____ _______ (look) through the window when it ______ (snow).

• looked, was snowing

• was looking, snowed

• looked, snowed

• looking, snowed

Multiple Select

Interrupted past is made of two long actions.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

LONG ACTIONS use the Past Continuous.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Select

THE SHORT ACTION is made with Simple Past.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Select

Both actions are connected with AND.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Select

Choose the verbs that complete the sentence better.

My mom ________ when someone _______ the door.

• cooked, knocked

• cooked, was knocking

• was cooking, knocked

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