Question

1 Read and circle the correct variant. 1) Jake was/were swimming peacefully when he saw/was seeing a massiveshark next to him!2) I saw/was seeing you in town yesterday. You sat/were sitting outside a caféeating ice cream.3) My little brother kept annoying me while I was trying/tried to study for mygrammar test.4) He played/was playing tennis from 3 till 4 yesterday afternoon5) They were tired as they were doing/did exercises all morning6) Sam was/is doing his homework when Susle was ringing/rang and askedhim out.​

Answer 1

1 was swimming,saw

2 saw,were sitting

3 was trying

4 was playing

5 were doing

6 was doing,rang

Answer 2

Sure, here are the corrected sentences with the appropriate verb forms circled:

1. Jake was/were swimming peacefully when he saw/was seeing a massive shark next to him!

   • Correction: Jake was swimming peacefully when he saw a massive shark next to him!

2. I saw/was seeing you in town yesterday. You sat/were sitting outside a café eating ice cream.

   • Correction: I saw you in town yesterday. You sat outside a café eating ice cream.

3. My little brother kept annoying me while I was trying/tried to study for my grammar test.

   • Correction: My little brother kept annoying me while I was trying to study for my grammar test.

4. He played/was playing tennis from 3 till 4 yesterday afternoon.

   • Correction: He played tennis from 3 till 4 yesterday afternoon.

5. They were tired as they were doing/did exercises all morning.

   • Correction: They were tired as they did exercises all morning.

6. Sam was/is doing his homework when Susle was ringing/rang and asked him out.

   • Correction: Sam was doing his homework when Susie rang and asked him out.

Please note that the corrected variants provide the most appropriate verb forms for each sentence.