News events: -ar verbs preterite tense for interruptions
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I can describe past news events using the imperfect continuous with ‘cuando’ ('when') and the preterite tense for interruptions.
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The preposition 'de' joins two nouns to describe a type of something, e.g. ‘un billete de avión’ ('a plane ticket').
We use 'estar' in the present tense + present participle to talk about ongoing events; this is the present continuous.
'Estar' in the imperfect + present participle describes what someone was doing; this is the imperfect continuous.
Sometimes an action interrupts what someone was doing. We use 'cuando' followed by the preterite to express this.
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