Connecting ideas with "when" with past continuous and past simple
Clase 22 de 24 • Curso de Inglés Intermedio B1: Verbos Infinitivos y Transitivos (2021)
Contenido del curso
Quantifiers from adjectives
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Past necessities: using “have to” in the past
02:50 min - 4
Quantifiers as adverbs
01:02 min - 5
Practice: Quantifiers as adverbs
00:29 min - 6
Expressing quantities with "hardly" and "not much"
02:35 min - 7
Practice: expressing quantities with "hardly" and "not much"
00:30 min - 8
Other and another
01:01 min - 9
Using suffixes to turn adjectives into nouns
03:16 min
Present simple to refer to the future
Future possiblities and speculations
Phrasal verbs and transitive verbs
Present perfect simple and continous
Closing
When, together with past continuous and past simple, can be used to connect two different ideas or actions. The clause in past continuous indicates that there is a longer or ongoing action, which is interrupted by a short action in past simple.
Let's have a look at some examples:
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My cell phone rang when I was working. 👉I was working, and then my cell phone rang.
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I was talking when my friend interrupted me. 👉I was talking, and then my friend interrupted me.
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When I was waiting for the bus today, I saw her. 👉I was waiting for the bus, and then I saw her.
Now it is your turn! Write 5 sentences using when to connect the past continuous and past simple and share them in the comments.