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6. We (buy) our tickets when we got to the station.

7. Sylvie closed the window when it (start) to rain.

8. I lit some candles when the electricity (go) out.

7 SPEAK. Work with a partner. Complete the sentences.

When I woke up this morning . . . When I woke up this morning, I called my parents.

When I got to class . . .
When I finished my homework . . .

PRACTICE

8 Look at the time line about a mine accident in Chile. Then complete
each sentence with the simple past or past progressive form of a verb
from the box.

0 Aug 5: 33 miners were trapped underground in a mine. (Day 1)
10
Aug 22: Rescuers discovered that all 33 miners were alive. (Day 17)
1
20 Aug 30: The drills started to work. (Day 26)
30
DAY 40

50
Oct 9: One of the drills reached the miners. (Day 66)
60
Oct 13: Rescuers lifted all 33 miners to safety. (Day 69)
70

80 Oct 24: National celebration for the miners in Santiago, Chile (Day 80)

1 drill: a machine that makes a round hole

arrive attach begin complete fall read wait watch

1. On August 5, 2010, when 33 miners were working in a mine in Chile, the roof
fell and trapped them.

2. While the miners’ families anxiously for news, the mining company
began its rescue attempts.

3. When those attempts failed, the government a huge rescue
operation.

4. When the necessary equipment at the scene, the rescue team
started to search for the miners.

5. When one of the drills reached the miners, the miners a note to it.

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