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Mickey Mouse 8241 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

we were on our way

Despite the fact that it was ages ago, I can clearly remember an unusually cold and snowy day of winter 2000 when my family and I got back from day trip to Italy.
While we were on our way home, a terrible piece of news about a serious road accident involving two vehicles and one minibus was broadcast from radio.
I want to say that 'when we were on our way home while we were driving'
How I can say that in English?!
I mean I want the listener to know we were on our way in our cars not taking a walk.
  

Top answer

While we were driving on our way home, a terrible piece of news about a serious road accident involving two vehicles and one minibus was broadcast from on the radio. This is a classic past continuous and past simple sentence. Note: The past simple is in the passive voice in this case.

— Teechr

  • While we were driving on our way home, a terrible piece of news about a serious road accident involving two vehicles and one minibus was broadcast from on the radio.
  • This is a classic past continuous and past simple sentence.
  • Note: The past simple is in the passive voice in this case.
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While we were driving on our way home, a terrible piece of news about a serious road accident involving two vehicles and one minibus was broadcast from on the radio.

This is a classic past continuous and past simple sentence.

Note: The past simple is in the passive voice in this case.
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Thanks dear techer. That was great help.
when we generally say : "we were on our way home" it means that we take a walk, otherwise we specifically emphasise we are driving or walking or taking taxi.
Am I right?!
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Correct.
"We were on our way home" does not indicate the mode of transportation. It just means we were returning home. Emotion: wink
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