was reading
to the children while Kevin
was washing up.
• Mario
was working
in a restaurant when
I was living
in London.
However, we can often use the past simple to express a similar meaning:
• Mario
worked
in a restaurant while he
lived
in
(or
...was
living
in London.)
When we talk about two or more past completed events that follow each other, we use the past
simple for both. The first may have caused the second:
• She
got
up when the alarm clock
went
off.
• He jumped
out of bed and
ran
to see who the parcel was for.
When we talk about a
permanent
or long-term situation that existed in the past, we use the past
simple rather than the past continuous:
• When I was a child
I played
the
(not
...I was playing...)
However, if the situation was
temporary,
we can also use the past continuous. Compare:
•
I was working
in a car factory during the summer of 1976. (or
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