Question

TENSES: 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.

Answer 1

Answer:

called

had called

was waiting

was calling

had made

Answer 2

The blanks have been filled with the correct tenses as follows:

Last night, while I was doing my homework, Angela called. She said she was calling me on her cell phone from her biology classroom at UCLA. I asked her if she was waiting for class, but she said that the professor was at the front of the hall lecturing while she was talking to me. I couldn't believe she made a phone call during the lecture. I asked what was going on.

• The given passage is in the past tense , so we need to use different forms of the past tense.
• We have used either simple past or past continuous tense.
• Simple past tense is used to denote actions that have taken place in the past. Examples- made, called, baked, etc.
• Past continuous tense is used to denote a continuous action happening at some moment in the past.