Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in parentheses.
We ___ (stay) at the mountains, at my father's cabin.
- La acción de alojarse en la cabaña es una situación continua en el pasado, sin un momento puntual que la interrumpa.
- Se usa past continuous: sujeto We + were + verbo en -ing.
- stay → staying.
We were staying at the mountains, at my father's cabin.
I was telling James it was very dangerous, when he ___ (pick) up his backpack and got out of the house.
- La acción larga (was telling) se interrumpe con una acción corta y terminada.
- La acción corta va en past simple: pick es verbo regular → picked.
- La coma antes de when confirma la interrupción.
I was telling James it was very dangerous, when he picked up his backpack and got out of the house.
When James ___ (climb up) the mountain, some rocks ___ (loose) and he ___ (fall) downhill and hurt his arm and head.
- When James... introduce la acción de fondo en desarrollo → past continuous: was climbing up.
- some rocks... es el evento que interrumpe → past simple: loose funciona como verbo loosened (aflojarse).
- he... es consecuencia inmediata → past simple: fall → fell (verbo irregular).
When James was climbing up the mountain, some rocks loosened and he fell downhill and hurt his arm and head.








