3 Match the two halves of the sentence 11 was making a sandwich __ 2 Juan was sending a text message __ 3 John was playing tennis __ 4 Jay and Nia were playing a video game online __ 5 Mary was running __ a when his phone stopped working. b when she hurt her toe. when I cut my finger. d when he broke his racket. e when the internet stopped working.

## Step 1<br />The problem involves matching the two halves of the sentence. The first half of the sentence describes an action that someone was doing, while the second half describes an event that happened while they were doing that action.<br /><br />## Step 2<br />The first sentence, "I was making a sandwich", is matched with "when I cut my finger". This is because the action of making a sandwich could be interrupted by the event of cutting a finger.<br /><br />## Step 3<br />The second sentence, "Juan was sending a text message", is matched with "when his phone stopped working". This is because the action of sending a text message could be interrupted by the event of the phone stopping working.<br /><br />## Step 4<br />The third sentence, "John was playing tennis", is matched with "when he broke his racket". This is because the action of playing tennis could be interrupted by the event of breaking a racket.<br /><br />## Step 5<br />The fourth sentence, "Jay and Nia were playing a video game online", is matched with "when the internet stopped working". This is because the action of playing a video game online could be interrupted by the event of the internet stopping working.<br /><br />## Step 6<br />The fifth sentence, "Mary was running", is matched with "when she hurt her toe". This is because the action of running could be interrupted by the event of hurting a toe.