Application goal: Ending a narrative with an outcome.
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: A delayed delivery. 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: A delayed delivery. Identify the wording that achieves this goal, then adapt the details to a situation of your own.
Practical examples
He was waiting outside a building with a similar name.
كان ينتظر خارج مبنى يحمل اسمًا مشابهًا.
I described the correct entrance and stayed on the phone.
وصفت المدخل الصحيح وبقيت على الهاتف.
Ten minutes later, the package arrived safely.
بعد عشر دقائق، وصل الطرد سالمًا.