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[afifi3011]

Q: find the mistake and check it.
Why didn’t you answer the telephone?” “Because I had a bath.”
well, i think the mistake is using the past tense "had" it sould be "was having". I'm not sure of the reason. may be the time of the action was progressive.

 

[5jj]

This thread appears to have been moved to the Teacher Training forum because of its misleading title. The thread itself is about a grammar problem, not a teacher training one, and would be better in the Ask a Teacher forum.

'Past simple/continuous problem' would have been a more useful title.

 

[5jj]

I'm not sure of the reason.

The having of the bath began before the ringing of the telephone, and continued through and after it. This is a classic example of the past progressive (continuous) for 'framing' a past simple action.