Application goal: Setting a scene with the past continuous.
Use the past continuous for an action in progress and the past simple for an event during it. When and while help connect the events.
Context: An interrupted journey. Identify the wording that achieves this goal, then adapt the details to a situation of your own.
Use the past continuous for an action in progress and the past simple for an event during it. When and while help connect the events.
Context: An interrupted journey. Identify the wording that achieves this goal, then adapt the details to a situation of your own.
Practical examples
I was travelling home when the train stopped between two stations.
كنت في طريقي إلى المنزل عندما توقف القطار بين محطتين.
Most passengers were reading or looking at their phones.
كان معظم الركاب يقرؤون أو ينظرون إلى هواتفهم.
At first, nobody knew why we had stopped.
في البداية، لم يعرف أحد سبب توقفنا.