2b. Choose the correct verb form.
Sharks ahoy!
Last summer we spent / were spending our summer holidays in Cornwall. One morning, while our parents shopped / were shopping, my sister Lucy and I went / were going to the beach. We played / were playing volleyball when suddenly I saw / was seeing a shark's fin in the water. A shark swam / was swimming in the sea near the beach! We immediately ran / were running across the beach to the coastguard's hut. 'Don't worry,' he said / was saying, 'they aren't dangerous man-eating sharks!' But lucy was terrified. She didn't want / wasn't wanting to swim in the sea again!
3a. Write when or while in the sentences.
1. The helicopter flew past ....... we were swimming in the river.
2. The boys were walking through some woods ...... the saw a snake.
3. Maria was having breakfast ....... her mobile phone started to ring
4. ....... I was doing my homework, I listened to my new CD.
5. My little brother's tooth came out ....... he was eating a biscuit.
6. Dad was celaning his car .......... he found a euro 20 note under the seat.
Sharks ahoy!
Last summer we spent / were spending our summer holidays in Cornwall. One morning, while our parents shopped / were shopping, my sister Lucy and I went / were going to the beach. We played / were playing volleyball when suddenly I saw / was seeing a shark's fin in the water. A shark swam / was swimming in the sea near the beach! We immediately ran / were running across the beach to the coastguard's hut. 'Don't worry,' he said / was saying, 'they aren't dangerous man-eating sharks!' But lucy was terrified. She didn't want / wasn't wanting to swim in the sea again!
3a. Write when or while in the sentences.
1. The helicopter flew past ....... we were swimming in the river.
2. The boys were walking through some woods ...... the saw a snake.
3. Maria was having breakfast ....... her mobile phone started to ring
4. ....... I was doing my homework, I listened to my new CD.
5. My little brother's tooth came out ....... he was eating a biscuit.
6. Dad was celaning his car .......... he found a euro 20 note under the seat.
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2b.
-we spent
-were shopping
-went
-were playing
-saw
-was swimming
-ran
-said
-didn't want
3a.
1. while
2. when
3.when
4. while
5. while
6. when