Complete using the correct tense.
1.
When hurricane Katrina
(hit / hits / was hitting), I
(was riding / ride / rode) my bike.
2.
When the Twin Towers
(were collapsing / collapsed / collapse), I
(was watching / watched TV).
3.
When the Californian wildfire
(started / was starting), I was
(sleeping / slept).
4.
When the flood
(hit / was hitting), I
(ate / was eating) with my family.
- Use the simple past to talk about a short action that happened in the past.
- Use the past BE + V-ing to talk about a longer action in the past that was interrupted by a shorter action.