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10-8 USING WHILE WITH THE PAST PROGRESSIVI
(a) 'I nr phone rang wh& I eucu ,+ing. OR: while + subje~, "erb = a time clause
(b) While I was sleeping, the phone rang.
While I was sleeping is a time clause.
A while-clause describes an activity that was in
progress at the time another activity happened.
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(e.g., was sle@ing).
EXERCISE 20-ORAL:
Combine the sentences. Use while.
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1. I was studying last night. 7- .
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Rita called.
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+ Rita called while I was studying kist night. . . . I
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2. Someone knocked on my apartment door. ~*
I was eating breakfast yesterday morning.
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3. I was cooking T ier yesterday evening.
I burned my hand.
4. I was studying last night.
A mouse suddenly appeared
on my desk.
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A aee fell on my car.
I was driving home ze2terdfy
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(a) The mouse appeared while I was stud-. OR:
(b) While I was studying, the mouse appeared.
(c) When the mouse ap@eared, I was studying. OR:
(d) I was studying when the mouse appeared.
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The verb in a while-clause is often past
progressive, as in (a) and (b).
The verb in a when-clause is often simple past,
as in (c) and (d).