We use El Pretérito Indefinido for a new action in the past, which interrupts another action that was already taking place.
Read and listen to these examples:
Cuando me duchaba, sonó el teléfono.
When I was having a shower, the phone rang.
Cuando Elisa entraba en clase, se cayó.
When Elisa was entering the room, she fell down.
Cuando nosotros veníamos del mercado, tuvimos un accidente.
When we were coming back from the market, we had an accident.
Cuando ellos comían en ese restaurante, la policía detuvo a un ladrón.
When they were eating in that restaurant, the police arrested a thief.
In the examples above, the subordinate clause introduced by cuando uses El Pretérito Imperfecto in order to indicate that an action was already happening, while the verb in main clause is in El Pretérito Indefinido to express the newly-begun action.
See also:
Cuando Elisa entraba en clase, se cayó.
When Elisa was entering the room, she fell down.
Cuando me duchaba, sonó el teléfono.
When I was having a shower, the phone rang.
Cuando ellos comían en ese restaurante, la policía detuvo a un ladrón.
When they were eating in that restaurant, the police arrested a thief.
Cuando nosotros veníamos del mercado, tuvimos un accidente.
When we were coming back from the market, we had an accident.
I’ve noticed that my score on level B1 is not increasing from 85% despite continually getting all quizzes correct. It decreases but doesn’t increase. I’ve also noticed that this particular question in level B1 continúes to remain at 80%, again despite continually getting it right. Please could you check this out for me.
Muchas gracias.
Hola Clara
Someone in our team will be looking into it soon. We'll let you know as soon as we can.
Que tengas un buen fin de semana.
Inma
Hola Inma,
Just to let you know that I still have the same problem with level B1- that my score will not increase from 85%.
Today I notice that the same thing is happening with level B2- my score will not increase from 75%.
In both cases the scores will decrease if I make mistakes.
Saludos
Hola Clara
Thank you for alerting us to the problem, the next time you kwiz your score should adjust correctly.
Saludos
Shui
I’ve noticed that my score on level B1 is not increasing from 85% despite continually getting all quizzes correct. It decreases but doesn’t increase. I’ve also noticed that this particular question in level B1 continúes to remain at 80%, again despite continually getting it right. Please could you check this out for me.
Muchas gracias.
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