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We use the ... to talk about an activity that was in progress at a certain time in the past.
past continuous
We use the ... to talk about a completed action in the past.
simple past
We often use ... before the simple past and while before the past continuous when the tenses are in the same sentence.
when
We often use when before the simple past and ... before the past continuous when the tenses are in the same sentence.
while
I ... (met) my friends outside the school auditorium last Friday night. (past simple or continuous)
simple
We (watch) the new movie at the movie theater when the fire alarm went off. (simple or continuous)
past continuous
What you (do) when you first had the idea for the plot? Complete the sentence
What were you doing when ... ?
The director ... (not read) the reviews of his new movie in the newspaper yesterday morning. Complete the sentence
The director didn't read ...
While we ... (stand) outside the bookstore, the novelist arrived to sign copies of her new book. Complete the sentence.
While we were standing ...
In Shakespeare's famous play, Juliet was standing on a balcony when/while Romeo suddenly surprised her.
when
At the beginning of Spiderman, a spider bit Peter Parker's hand when/ while he was visiting an exhibition.
while
When/ While the Titanic hit the iceberg, it was 11:40 p.m. and a lot of the passengers were sleeping in their beds
When
Albert Einstein wrote some of his most important papers when/while he was working as an assistant at a patent office.
while