[General] confusing sentences

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Tanzilia

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Help me please.
 
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This is more homework that you are asking us to do without making your own effort first.

'Draw timelines to explain the difference' is clearly an instruction from your textbook.

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I was leaving when he arrived . ( means I had already decided to leave and in the process of leaving when he got in)
I left when he arrived. ( meas I was not in the process of leaving and my leaving happened after he had arrived)

I think you can figure out the difference in the two examples , each of which can be an answer to your questions.
 

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Thank you very much:up:
 
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