simple past and past progressive
I am a little bit confused with this exercise. Could you help me to answer these blanks?
It was my first day of class. I finally found the right room. The room was already full of students. On one side of the room, students were talking busily to each other in Spanish. Other students (spoke) ______ Japanese, and some (converse)_____ in arabic. It sounded like the United Nations. Some of the students, however, (sit, just )_____ quietly by themselves. I chose an empty seat in the last row annd sat down. In a few minutes the teacher (walk)____ into the room and all the multilingual conversation stopped.
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The past progressive is used to show actions in the past happened at the SAME time. The actions of the foreign students happened at the same time in the past.
The teacher's action came a little afterward and the simple past tense is used.
were speaking
were conversing
were just sitting
walked
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