Question

Past Simple or past continuous B A: What 6) ...... (you/do) yesterday evening at 6 o'clock? 17) (try) to call you but no one answered the phone. B: 18) (have) a shower at 6 o'clock so I 9) (not/hear) the phone ringing​

Answer 1

1. What did you do yesterday evening at 6 o'clock.

2. I was trying to call you but no one answered the phone.

3. I had a shower at 6 o'clock so I didn't hear the phone ringing.

Answer 2

B: What did you do yesterday evening at 6 o'clock? A: I was having a shower at 6 o'clock so I didn't hear the phone ringing.

In this conversation, "did" is used to form the past simple tense in the question "What did you do yesterday evening at 6 o'clock?" and "was having" is used to form the past continuous tense in the response "I was having a shower at 6 o'clock so I didn't hear the phone ringing." This is because the past simple is used to talk about an action that happened at a specific point in the past, while the past continuous is used to talk about an action that was ongoing at a specific point in the past.