Past Simple x Past Continuous

Past Simple vs Past Continuous

• While Isaac Newton was looking through the telescope, he saw the Moon.
• When we drove our car, we heard a strange noise.
• When Sue was waiting to the office, she read a book.
• He was kicking the ball and the team was winning the game.
• When I was talking to the class, the teacher wrote something about the thing, but I didn't understand.
• She was watching her favourite film on TV while he was doing his homework.
• They listened to the radio when they heard the shocking news.
• A: What were you doing yesterday in the evening? B: I was sitting at the concert.
• A: I called the phone. B: Why? I was doing some shopping in the supermarket and he arrived home at half past seven.
• Dave was playing a computer game when my computer stopped working because I forgot to do my homework yesterday.