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1.6 Past Time Clauses with When and While (cont.)

3. To show that one action or event When the phone rang, Lili answered it.
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4. To show that two actions were in progress was studying
were watching |
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both clauses. now
While Li was studying, we were watching ITV.

5 Circle the correct words to complete the tourist’s notes about an elephant family.

We ()Gaw/ were seeing a family of elephants when we (2) drove / were driving

down a road in Tanzania. We stopped to watch them. Some of the elephants (3) drank /
were drinking water while others were eating grass. (4) When / While I raised my hand
to say “hello,” one of the elephants (5) lifted / was lifting its trunk as though to greet

me. It made me laugh.

A little later, one big female elephant (6) lead / was leading her family across the
river (7) when / while one of her babies slipped. It was OK, of course. Later, while

Vv Anelephant herd another young elephant (8) played / was playing near us, it (9) fell / was falling in the
at a river bank in
Sri Lanka water and (10) got / was getting us very wet. We (11) decided / were deciding to head

back to the camp (12) when / while it started to rain. We were already wet enough!

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