We use the past progressive for the action that was happening and the past simple for the second action that interrupted it. The interrupting action often comes with WHEN, WHILE. Example: We were playing basketball when the phone rang.
COMPLETE THESE SENTENCES WITH (WHILE AND WHEN)
1. ______ we were having the picnic, it started to rain.
2. What were you doing ______ the earthquake started?
3. You were not listening to me ______ I told you to turn the oven off.
4. ______ John was sleeping last night, someone stole his car.
5. Sammy was waiting for us _____ we got off the plane.
6. _____ I was writing the email, the computer suddenly went off.
7. I was studying _____ he was making dinner.
8. ______ Ellen was reading, Tim was watching television.
9. Were you listening _____ he was talking?
10. I wasn't paying attention ______ I was writing the letter, so I made several mistakes
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Explicación:
para obtener la respuesta debes entender que while siempre estará seguido del pasado continuo osea was/were+verbo+ing ejemplo while i was reading... y when va seguido de pasado simple por ejemplo it started...
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