Lesson XVII: WHEN & WHILE

D.3. Simultaneous States/Activities in the Past Previous pattern: Mrs. Trump laid down the table WHEN the guests arrived. I was cutting the roses WHEN the storm began. New pattern: Main Statement Body Actional Block / Action Time … Past-ING-AF Past-ING-Action Form I was studying WHILE SHE WAS SLEEPING. She was waving WHILE THE TRAIN WAS PASSING BY. Exercise: D.3.1. Practice Simultaneous Activities in the Past Combine the statements. For example: They took a nap . She cut lilacs . THEY WERE TAKING A NAP WHILE SHE WAS CUTTING LILACS. Jess downloaded the movie . My roommate watched TV . JESS WAS DOWNLOADING THE MOVIE WHILE MY ROOMMATE WAS WATCHING TV. 1. I made coffee. Linda took a shower. 2. My sister ironed her clothes. I did the problem. 3. We set up the fire. They prepared food. 4. Zhu listened to the news. Ali chatted on the Internet. 5. They studied. We mowed the lawn. 6. I surfed the Web. My girlfriend wrote her composition. 7. Marcia and Donald had coffee. Zhu read some magazines. 8. The students did the test. The professor watched over them. 9. She ate breakfast. I had a cup of coffee.