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