I was working when you called?

[Ane x]

English Grammar Tests, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #165 "Grammar Crunch (4)", question 8

I ......... working on the computer when you called.

(a) am
(b) was
(c) is
(d) are

English Grammar Tests, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #165 "Grammar Crunch (4)", answer 8

I was working on the computer when you called.

Correct answer: (b) was

Your answer was: incorrect
I am working on the computer when you called.
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I thought it was I was working on the computer when you called, because it's something in the past? I am working on the computer when you called sounds a bit odd to me.. is it correct?

Ane x

[Sandy1]

sure.
Here you are using the past tense with the past continuos...we use them togother in a case that you were doing something in and then someone or something interepted you but this should be in past and in specific time for example: yesterday I was doing my homework when my phone rang

[Gkukreti]

I still didn't get it! Can somebody explain it with better examples?