last night while i was doing my homework angela

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Last night, while I was doing my homework, Angela (call) 1.__________. She said she (call) ________ me on her cell phone from her biology classroom at UCLA. I asked her if she (wait) ________ for class, but she said that the professor was at the front of the hall lecturing while she (talk) _______________ to me. I couldn't believe she (make) ____________ a phone call during the lecture. I asked what was going on. She said her biology professor was so boring that several of the students (sleep, actually) _____________ in class. Some of the students (talk) ___________ about their plans for the weekend and the student next to her (draw) _________ a picture of a horse. When Angela (tell) ____________ me she was not satisfied with the class, I (mention) ___________ that my biology professor was quite good and (suggest) _____________ that she switch to my class. While we were talking, I (hear) __________________ her professor yell, "Miss, are you making a phone call?" Suddenly, the line went dead. I (hang) _____________ up the phone and went to the kitchen to make dinner. As I (cut) ______________ vegetables for a salad, the phone rang once again. It (be) ______________ Angela, but this time she wasn't sitting in class.

was calling

Last night, while I was doing my homework, Angela (call) __________. She said she (call) 2. ________ me on her cell phone from her biology classroom at UCLA. I asked her if she (wait) ________ for class, but she said that the professor was at the front of the hall lecturing while she (talk) _______________ to me. I couldn't believe she (make) ____________ a phone call during the lecture. I asked what was going on. She said her biology professor was so boring that several of the students (sleep, actually) _____________ in class. Some of the students (talk) ___________ about their plans for the weekend and the student next to her (draw) _________ a picture of a horse. When Angela (tell) ____________ me she was not satisfied with the class, I (mention) ___________ that my biology professor was quite good and (suggest) _____________ that she switch to my class. While we were talking, I (hear) __________________ her professor yell, "Miss, are you making a phone call?" Suddenly, the line went dead. I (hang) _____________ up the phone and went to the kitchen to make dinner. As I (cut) ______________ vegetables for a salad, the phone rang once again. It (be) ______________ Angela, but this time she wasn't sitting in class.

Last night, while I was doing my homework, Angela (call) __________. She said she (call) ________ me on her cell phone from her biology classroom at UCLA. I asked her if she (wait) 3. ________ for class, but she said that the professor was at the front of the hall lecturing while she (talk) _______________ to me. I couldn't believe she (make) ____________ a phone call during the lecture. I asked what was going on. She said her biology professor was so boring that several of the students (sleep, actually) _____________ in class. Some of the students (talk) ___________ about their plans for the weekend and the student next to her (draw) _________ a picture of a horse. When Angela (tell) ____________ me she was not satisfied with the class, I (mention) ___________ that my biology professor was quite good and (suggest) _____________ that she switch to my class. While we were talking, I (hear) __________________ her professor yell, "Miss, are you making a phone call?" Suddenly, the line went dead. I (hang) _____________ up the phone and went to the kitchen to make dinner. As I (cut) ______________ vegetables for a salad, the phone rang once again. It (be) ______________ Angela, but this time she wasn't sitting in class.

was waiting, was talking

waited, talked

Last night, while I was doing my homework, Angela (call) __________. She said she (call) ________ me on her cell phone from her biology classroom at UCLA. I asked her if she (wait) ________ for class, but she said that the professor was at the front of the hall lecturing while she (talk) _______________ to me. I couldn't believe she (make) 4. ____________ a phone call during the lecture. I asked what was going on.

She said her biology professor was so boring that several of the students (sleep, actually) _____________ in class. Some of the students (talk) ___________ about their plans for the weekend and the student next to her (draw) _________ a picture of a horse. When Angela (tell) ____________ me she was not satisfied with the class, I (mention) ___________ that my biology professor was quite good and (suggest) _____________ that she switch to my class. While we were talking, I (hear) __________________ her professor yell, "Miss, are you making a phone call?" Suddenly, the line went dead. I (hang) _____________ up the phone and went to the kitchen to make dinner. As I (cut) ______________ vegetables for a salad, the phone rang once again. It (be) ______________ Angela, but this time she wasn't sitting in class.

Last night, while I was doing my homework, Angela (call) __________. She said she (call) ________ me on her cell phone from her biology classroom at UCLA. I asked her if she (wait) ________ for class, but she said that the professor was at the front of the hall lecturing while she (talk) _______________ to me. I couldn't believe she (make) ____________ a phone call during the lecture. I asked what was going on.

She said her biology professor was so boring that several of the students (sleep, actually) 5.____________ in class. Some of the students (talk) ___________ about their plans for the weekend and the student next to her (draw) _________ a picture of a horse. When Angela (tell) ____________ me she was not satisfied with the class, I (mention) ___________ that my biology professor was quite good and (suggest) _____________ that she switch to my class.

While we were talking, I (hear) __________________ her professor yell, "Miss, are you making a phone call?" Suddenly, the line went dead. I (hang) _____________ up the phone and went to the kitchen to make dinner. As I (cut) ______________ vegetables for a salad, the phone rang once again. It (be) ______________ Angela, but this time she wasn't sitting in class.

actually slept

was actually sleeping

were actually sleeping

She said her biology professor was so boring that several of the students (sleep, actually) _____________ in class. Some of the students (talk) 6.__________ about their plans for the weekend and the student next to her (draw) _________ a picture of a horse. When Angela (tell) ____________ me she was not satisfied with the class, I (mention) ___________ that my biology professor was quite good and (suggest) _____________ that she switch to my class.

talked, drew

was talking, was drawing

were talking, was drawing

She said her biology professor was so boring that several of the students (sleep, actually) _____________ in class. Some of the students (talk) ___________ about their plans for the weekend and the student next to her (draw) _________ a picture of a horse. When Angela (tell) 8.___________ me she was not satisfied with the class, I (mention) ___________ that my biology professor was quite good and (suggest) _____________ that she switch to my class.

told, mentioned, suggested

was telling, was mentioning, was suggesting

was told, was mentioned, was suggested

She said her biology professor was so boring that several of the students (sleep, actually) _____________ in class. Some of the students (talk) ___________ about their plans for the weekend and the student next to her (draw) _________ a picture of a horse. When Angela (tell) ____________ me she was not satisfied with the class, I (mention) ___________ that my biology professor was quite good and (suggest) _____________ that she switch to my class.

While we were talking, I (hear) 8.____________ her professor yell, "Miss, are you making a phone call?" Suddenly, the line went dead. I (hang) _____________ up the phone and went to the kitchen to make dinner. As I (cut) ______________ vegetables for a salad, the phone rang once again. It (be) ______________ Angela, but this time she wasn't sitting in class.

was hearing

While we were talking, I (hear) __________________ her professor yell, "Miss, are you making a phone call?" Suddenly, the line went dead. I (hang) 9.__________ up the phone and went to the kitchen to make dinner. As I (cut) ______________ vegetables for a salad, the phone rang once again. It (be) ______________ Angela, but this time she wasn't sitting in class.

was hanging up

While we were talking, I (hear) __________________ her professor yell, "Miss, are you making a phone call?" Suddenly, the line went dead. I (hang) _____________ up the phone and went to the kitchen to make dinner. As I (cut) 10.__________ vegetables for a salad, the phone rang once again. It (be) ______________ Angela, but this time she wasn't sitting in class.

cutted, was

was cutting, was

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Last night, while I was doing my homework, Angela ______________________ (call). She said she ______________________ (call)me on her cell phone from her biology classroom at UCLA. I asked her if she ____ __________________(wait) or class, but she said that the professor was at the front of the hall lecturing while she ______________________ (talk) to me. I couldn’t believe she ______________________ (make) a phone call during the lecture. I asked what was going on.

She said her biology professor was so boring that several of the students ______________________ (sleep, actually) in class. Some of the students ______________________ (talk) about their plans for the weekend and the student next to her ______________________ (draw) a picture of a horse. When Angela ______________________ (tell) me she was not satisfied with the class, I ______________________ (mention) that my biology professor was quite good and ______________________ (suggest) that she switch to my class.

While we were talking, I ______________________ (hear) her professor yell, “Miss, are you making a phone call?” Suddenly, the line went dead. I ______________________ (hang) up the phone and went to the kitchen to make dinner. As I ______________________ (cut) vegetables for a salad, the phone rang once again. It ______________________ (be) Angela, but this time she wasn’t sitting in class.

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while I was doing my homework, she <called><was calling>

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While I know that Past Progressive is usually used for simultaneous past actions , past actions already in progress , or for emphasise on the past actions progress ... Based on these rules I can't understand how to complete the empty fields in the below exercise: Last night, while I was doing my homework, Angela (1. call ) _____. She said she (2. call ) _____ me on her cell phone from her biology classroom at UCLA. I asked her if she (3. wait ) _____ for class, but she said that the professor was at the front of the hall lecturing while she (4. talk ) _____ to me. I couldn't believe she (5. make ) _____ a phone call during the lecture. Could someone explaine me based on the above rules how to complete the sentenses, and why to choose Past Progressive and not Past Simple ?  

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You should say which options you think are correct. What may help is that (2), (3) and (4) are all reported speech, so you might like to think instead what words Angela would actually have spoken, and then backshift them. (1) "call", is in the "simultaneous past actions" category, but if you remember that usually only one of the simultaneous actions, the "background" one, uses the past progressive tense, then you should be able to work out which is the correct form here.  

Your questions are not ridiculous. With reported speech, you usually don't change from simple to progressive or vice versa. I thought it might be easier to imagine the actual conversation, in the present tense: Angela: I'm calling you on my cell phone from my biology classroom at UCLA You: Are you waiting for class? Angela: No, the professor is at the front of the hall lecturing while I am talking to you.​ Okay, it might not have gone quite like this, but you might be able to see that the conversation could not have been: Angela: I call you on my cell phone from my biology classroom at UCLA You: Do you wait for class? Angela: No, the professor is at the front of the hall lecturing while I talk to you.​ Actually, the last sentence is perhaps not as clear as it might be (it is more common for only one simultaneous event to use the progressive form), but "was talking" is undoubtedly correct. The very last verb, (5) make, can be either, I think, depending on whether you are reporting what you thought at the time ("was making"), or whether you are reflecting on the situation now ("made"), but I think "was making" goes better with "couldn't" (past tense). With "can't" (present tense), it would be better to use "made".  

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Laura:  Unfortunately no.  I had lots of things to do. While I was doing my homework, my cousin visited us. It was eight o’clock and after that I couldn’t even finish my homework.

Axel : Oh! Poor you! What did you do with her?

Laura : Well. We didn’t stay at home. We went to the park near our house. While we were going to the park, we saw Michael on the way. He joined us and we chatted for an hour there.

Axel : Sounds nice. So are you ready for Mrs. Sabina’s class?

Laura : Not at all. What about you? I bet you finished yours last night.

Axel : Well, I didn’t study all night. I was watching TV at eight o’clock. Then I started writing my new blog post.

Laura : Cool! What about the homework then?

Axel : Well, My plan was to watch some TV then do the homework. After the phone call at eight, I changed my mind and logged in to my blog.  

Laura : Who called you?

Axel : Mark. I was just watching Jeopardy on TV when he called me. He called me to say that homework was postponed to next week.

Laura : Really? Great! In the park, I was really worried about my homework. I can finish it now. So while we were chatting in the park, you were posting on your blog. What’s your new post about?

Axel : It’s about the coolest inventions in the history.

Laura : Sounds interesting. I’ll definitely read it. I have to go now. Bye.

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Last night, while I was doing my homework, Angela (call) called . She said she (call) was calling me on her cell phone from her biology classroom at UCLA. I asked her if she (wait) was waiting for class, but she said that the professor was at the front of the hall lecturing while she (talk) was talking to me. I couldn’t believe she (make) made (WAS MAKING) a phone call during the lecture. I asked what was going on. She said her biology professor was so boring that several of the students (sleep, actually) were actually sleeping in class. Some of the students (talk) were talking about their plans for the weekend and the student next to her (draw) was drawing a picture of a horse. When Angela (tell) told me she was not satisfied with the class, I (mention) mentioned that my biology professor was quite good and (suggest) suggested that she switch to my class. While we were talking, I (hear) heard her professor yell, “Miss, are you making a phone call?” Suddenly, the line went dead. I (hang) hung up the phone and went to the kitchen to make dinner. As I ( cut) was cutting vegetables for a salad, the phone rang once again. It (be) was Angela, but this time she wasn’t sitting in class.

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