tiếng anh grammar

1. While the war hero was telling / told his story, the audience were listening / listen attentively.

• was telling

• told

• were listening

• listen

2. While Marie Curie worked / was working in her laboratory, she made / was making a ground-breaking discovery.

• worked

• was working

• made

• was making

3. The filmmaker was working / worked tirelessly on his latest blockbuster film last year.

• was working

• worked

4. While the soldiers fought / were fighting in the jungle, their families waited / were waiting anxiously at home.

• fought

• were fighting

• waited

• were waiting

5. Alexander Graham Bell invented / was inventing the telephone when he lived / was living in Boston.

• invented

• was inventing

• lived

• was living

6. When he was at high school, he developed / was developing a passion for computer animation.

• developed

• was developing

7. I read / was reading a book about Charles Dickens while my sister watched / was watching a documentary about Karl Marx.

• read

• was reading

• was watching

• watched

8. Cleopatra VII ruled / was ruling Egypt from 51 BC to 30 BC, making it a rich nation.

• ruled

• was ruling

1. Vo Thi Sau was caught while she carried out an attack against the enemy.

• caught

• carried out

• attack

• enemy

2. While she was working as a surgeon in a field hospital, she was writing her diary.

• While

• was working

• surgeon

• was writing