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Alaa_Turbo Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

past continuous

Hi

When I was watching TV, my brother was playing football

Does that mean that the period I spent while watching TV is the same as the period my bro spent while he was playing football?

When I was surfing the internet, the electritcity went off

what does that mean?

Thanks in advance
  

Top answer

#1 yes #2 Means that the electricty went off while you was still surfing the Internet Hope this helps. [Y]

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  • #1 yes #2 Means that the electricty went off while you was still surfing the Internet Hope this helps.
  • [Y]
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#1 yes

#2 Means that the electricty went off while you was still surfing the Internet

Hope this helps.

[Y]
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Thanks a lot

The second sentence maybe wrong, let me rephrase it

When I was at home, while I was surfing the internet, the electricity went off

The Past continous has the longer period while the elecricity has shorter period

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1. When I was watching TV, my brother was playing football

"Does that mean that the period I spent while watching TV is the same as the period my bro spent while he was playing football?"

– not necessarily: the sentence simply means that a period of watching tv coincided with a period of playing football. You may have begun watching tv before your brother began playing football (
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