Application goal: Linking an event to its result.
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: Finding a wallet. 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: Finding a wallet. Identify the wording that achieves this goal, then adapt the details to a situation of your own.
Practical examples
Then I took it to the information office near the entrance.
ثم أخذتها إلى مكتب الاستعلامات قرب المدخل.
While I was explaining the situation, the owner arrived.
بينما كنت أشرح الموقف، وصل صاحبها.
He thanked me and checked that his cards were still inside.
شكرني وتحقق من أن بطاقاته ما زالت بداخلها.