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Relationship between longer past action (was/were) +(ing) and shorter past action(when)+(verb to be)+ (past action= heard, watched, touched,etc)

He was working in a hospital when he heard the news.

When the sentence begins with When, should be simple past in the clause and then the shorter action with VERB TO BE+ ING

WHEN Anne Moore arrived Canada in 2002, her parents were waiting for her.

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