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We often use while or when to combine a past tense sentence and a past continuous tense
sentence. While is always with the past continuous part of the sentence. When is always with
the past tense part of the sentence. This kind of sentence shows that one action interrupted
another action.

The phone rang while I was eating dinner.
I was eating dinner when the phone rang.
I interrupted him while he was studying.
He was studying when I interrupted him.

F1. Combine these pairs of sentences using while. Then combine them using when.
Use the person’s name in the first part of the sentence.

1. Dan was standing in line. A friend walked at the door.

2. She was getting dinner. Someone knocked at the door.
3. We are leaving the house. The telephone rang.
4. Charles was reading quietly. He heard a loud crash.

F2. Write two sentences using while with the past continuous and past tense.

WRITE

A. Think about something that happened to you when you were a child. It might be
something pleasant, unpleasant, funny, or wonderful. Write a composition about it.

B. Use these expressions and underline them.

1. the past continuous in two sentences
2. two irregular verbs from any lesson
3. an expression from E
4. two sentences combined with while

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