Translate the following sentences into Spanish. 1. Ana was reading a book when she heard a noise.

2. The man was talking on the phone while he was driving.

3. Once upon a time, a princess kissed a frog (una rana).

4. While the baby was sleeping the parents cooked dinner.

5. Last night, my brother came home late.

The translation of the sentences into Spanish is:

Preterite Progressive and Preterite Tense.

In the sentences of the answer, sentences with verbs conjugated in the past progressive form were used (regularly the verb "estaba"), and some other conjugations belong to the preterite form of the verb, either perfect "escuchó" or imperfect "conducía."

The past progressive is used to mention that an action was occurring at a certain time in the past, regularly at the same time that another event was occurring, for its part, the imperfect form of the past is used to mention past events whose exact moment of occurrence it is not well defined.

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1) Ana was reading a book when she heard a noise.

2) The man was talking on the phone while he was driving.

3) Once upon a time, a princess kissed a frog (una rana).

4) While the baby was sleeping the parents cooked dinner.

5) Last night, my brother came home late.

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