Question

I listened / was listening to the radio when I heard / was hearing this fantastic song.
2 When the teacher said / was saying ‘Stop!’, I still tried / was still trying to finish the last question.
3 I feel really silly! While I danced / was dancing, I fell / was falling and broke / was breaking my elbow.
4 Tim played / was playing a computer game when his mum called / was calling him for lunch.
5 I looked / was looking for a file on my memory stick when I noticed / was noticing there was a virus.
6 Ron found / was finding a really interesting website about dance music while he surfed / was surfing the internet.
7 My mum had / was having breakfast near the computer when she spilled / was spilling her cup of coffee on the keyboard.
8 When you saw / were seeing me yesterday, I didn’t go / wasn’t going to school, I went / was going to the doctor’s – I felt terrible.
9 How many pictures did you take / were you taking while you travelled / were travelling around Ireland?
10 Why did you chat / were you chatting to Philip while I tried / was trying to tell you something really important?

Answer 1

Respuesta:Este tipo de preguntas  tiene una regla simple que estoy seguro que lo aprenderas

Explicación:

La regla será asi:

encuentra la palabra when o while y este  sera tu punto de partida ,despues ubica el verbo mas cercano a when o while pero que esté a la derecha de este y ese verbo sera en past simple .El otro verbo  sera past continous (was /were +verb ing)

ejemplo 1

1. ubico when o while:

I listened / was listening to the radio when I heard / was hearing this fantastic song.

2.ubico el verbo mas cercano a la derecha de when:

I listened / was listening to the radio when I heard / was hearing this fantastic song.

Answer 2

Respuesta:

I was listening to the radio when I heard this fantastic song.

2 When the teacher said ‘Stop!’, I was still trying to finish the last question.

3 I feel really silly! While I was dancing, I fell and broke my elbow.

4 Tim was playing a computer game when his mum called him for lunch.

5 I was looking for a file on my memory stick when I noticed there was a virus.

6 Ron found a really interesting website about dance music while he was surfing the internet.

7 My mum was having breakfast near the computer when she spilled her cup of coffee on the keyboard.

8 When you saw me yesterday, I wasn’t going to school, I was going to the doctor’s – I felt terrible.

9 How many pictures did you take while you were travelling around Ireland?

10 Why did you chat to Philip while I was trying to tell you something really important?