Bad sister (Simple past and Past progressive)
Yesterday evening, I was playing with my dog while my sister was cleaning his place. My sister scolded me for not helping her. But I wasn't listening to her when I laid down on the grass. I whistled a happy song while she was scolding me. After some time, she got frustrated and I didn't realize it. While I closed my eyes and dozed, she was pouring a bucket full of cold water over me. I think I deserved it.
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Bad Sister (Simple Past and Past Progressive)
Yesterday evening, I was playing with my dog while my sister was cleaning his place doghouse/dogbed/spot*. My sister scolded me for not helping her. But I wasn't listening to her when I laid down on the grass. I whistled a happy song while she was scolding me. After some time, she got frustrated and I didn't realize it. While I closed my eyes and was dozing off, she was poured a bucket full of cold water over me.** I think I deserved it.*Assumes that your sister was cleaning the dog's area
**In this sentence, the "dozing off" is the progressive action and the action of pouring water is the simple act. Otherwise, it reads as though during the entire time that you were sleeping, she was in the process of pouring water on you, and you didn't wake up at all.
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Good story :)
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Bad sister (Simple past and Past progressive)
Yesterday evening, I was playing with my dog while my sister was cleaning his kennel place. My sister scolded me for not helping her. But I wasn't listening to her when I laid down on the grass. I whistled a happy tune song while she was scolding me. After some time, she got frustrated and I didn't realize it. While I lay dozing closed my eyes and dozed, she poured was pouring a bucket full of cold water over me. I think I deserved it.0
Torusan is right. I mean the doghouse of the sister's dog.
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That's a funny story. XD
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