2HV - Past simple and past continuous

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You can use the past continuous and the past simple together in one sentence.

The longer activity is the past continuous and the shorter action is the past simple.

He was spotting dolphins when I found him.
We were dancing when the music stopped.

 

The shorter action can interrupt the longer one.

The phone rang while I was swimming in the pool.

Past simple vs past continuous 2HV