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in the blanks with the correct forms of the words in brackets. When I ________ (be) in the sixth grade, I _______ (join) a piano petition. I _________(practice) for four hours every day and my piano teacher ______ (e) three times a week to _______ (help) me. Then the big day finally _______(arrive). I ______ (be) so nervous when they _____ was joined practiced came help arrived was called (call) my name. I _______ (go) up and ________ (start) to play. While I ___________ (play), everyone _______ (sit) still and listened. I played the song without any mistakes. Then I _______ (wait) for them to call out the winner. went started was playing sat waited When I ______ (hear) my name, my heart ____________ (beat) so quickly that I thought I would stop breathing. I couldn’t believe it. I _______ (win)! It _______ (be) the happiest day of my life! heard was beating won was (2023邵陽 ) We didn39。t go home ______ the old man was sent to the hospital. A. until B. when C. while (2023?梧州 ) I met a good friend of mine while I _______ on the street. A. walks B. walk C. was walking D. am walking A C 【 2023黑龍江綏化 】 My uncle _____ books in the room at this time yesterday. A. was seeing B. is reading C. was reading C 【 2023山東萊蕪 】 I didn39。t see you at the meeting yesterday. Why? I ________ for an important telephone call at that moment. A. wait B. waited C. am waiting D. was waiting D 【 2023廣東 】 — Your shoes are so old. Why don’t you buy a new pair? —Because I ______ all my money on an MP5. A. spend B. have spent C. am spending D. was spending B Finish off the other exercises in Reading.