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Match the following and write complete sentences in the lines below.

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Match the following and write complete sentences in the lines below.

  What was happening? What happened?
i I was writing a letter. the lights went out.
ii Paul was looking out of the window the bell rang.
iii He was looking for his dog. he noticed a lovely butterfly.
iv I was just completing the last answer. he fell off the ladder.
v The man was painting the wall. I met Arun.
vi Amit was doing his homework. my pen ran out.
vii My mother was cooking dinner. ma’am said, “Stop writing.”
  1.  I was writing a letter when ___________
  2. ________________
  3. *When I met Arun, he was looking for his dog.
  4. *_____________
  5.  __________________
  6. _____________________
  7. _____________________
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Solution

  1. I was writing a letter when the lights went out.
  2. Paul was looking out of the window when the bell rang.
  3. When I met Arun, he was looking for his dog.
  4. I reached the top when he fell off the ladder.
  5. The man was painting the wall when I met Arun.
  6. Amit was doing his homework when my pen ran out.
  7. My mother was cooking dinner when ma’am said, “Stop writing.”

Please note that sometimes the order of the sentences changes.

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