The first clause is Past Continuous, and the second one, in Simple Past tense. This structure implies "when an action took place, the other was progressing." Here, both clauses have a common subject. It is similar to "While watching the movie, I forgot the bus-timing."
Tip #1: Use a Progressive (Continuous) Tense with While to Show Focus. Progressive tenses use the BE verb + a verb in ~ing form. While I was cooking dinner, the phone rang. I will be sleeping at 11:00 p.m. tonight, so don't phone me. We use while to focus on an action happening at a specific time.
Sentences in Past Continuous Tense. They were listening intently to the lecture on ancient history. The garden was blooming with vibrant colors and fragrances. The musicians were practicing their instruments in harmony. The skateboarder was performing impressive tricks at the skate park. The artist was sketching a portrait of a lovely couple.
A short, funny story to help you understand how the Past Continuous Tense is used correctly. Watch Nick's story and practice the Past Continuous.This short a
Hi team, I want to ask question about one thing. When I write for example; 1)While I was watching TV, somebody knocked the door. 2)While watching TV, somebody knocked the door. Are there any meaning diffrences between these 2 sentences? or they are the same meaning. I mean can we use just while+v-ing without meaning difference. Thank you. Best To make the simple past tense, we use: • past form only or • auxiliary did + base form Here you can see examples of the past form and base form for irregular verbs and regular verbs: V1 V2 V3 base past past participle work worked worked regular The past form for all explode exploded exploded verb regular verbs ends in -ed. like liked liked
4: To emphasise that something lasted for a while. This use is often optional and we usually use it with time expressions like 'all day' or 'all evening' or 'for hours'. I was working in the garden all day. He was reading all evening. Remember you can't use this tense or any continuous tense with stative verbs.
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