While he read a book, he lying in bed.

[Urus]

Please tell me. I can say:

"While he reading a book, he lay in bed."
"While she telling them a story, she drank wine."

Would these be the incorrect sentences?

"While he read a book, he lying in bed."
"While she told them a story, she drinking wine."

 

[teechar]

Please tell me if the following sentences are okay. [STRIKE]. I can say:[/STRIKE]

No, they are not okay.
1- You need a form of the verb "be" in the continuous tenses. For example, "While he was lying in bed ... etc".
2- The past continuous is normally used when we have a long action in the past being interrupted by a shorter action. We use the past continuous for the long one and the past simple for the short one. For example, "The doorbell rang while I was watching TV".

Think about the scenarios above and consider whether the past continuous is justified. If not, you can either modify those scenarios or choose different tenses.

 

[Tdol]

You could also say while reading,