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  • - I __________ (to wait) for your call for hours! - Sorry, I ________ (to watch) TV from 7 till 10 o'clock last night and simply ________ (to forget) to call you.
Question 1:
- I __________ (to wait) for your call for hours! - Sorry, I ________ (to watch) TV from 7 till 10 o'clock last night and simply ________ (to forget) to call you.
A. waited / watched / forgot
B. was waiting / was watching / forgot
Feedback 1, 2. We use the Past Continuous to show that some action was in progress at a certain time in the past - was watching TV from 7 till 10 o'clock. 3. We use the Past Simple for actions which were finished in the past - forgot
C. waited / was watching / forgot
D. had waited / watched / forgot

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Test 2-Past Tenses | Upper-Intermediate English