BACCALAUREATE EXAM EXERCISES : TIME EXPRESSIONS / SIGNAL WORDS

BACCALAUREATE EXAM EXERCISES


TIME EXPRESSIONS / SIGNAL WORDS

PAST CONTINUOUS

was / were v + -ing


when
while

Used with when to express past activity in progress, interrupted by a non-continuous activity: I was writing when you called.

Used with while to express two continuous activities occurring
at the same time in past: I was reading while you were writing.

When she came back home from work, the children were sleeping.
She came back home from work while the children were sleeping.