Help the confused witness complete their statement for the police by dragging the correct verbs into the blanks.

"I was eating a massive sandwich when the alien spaceship landed right in the middle of my backyard."

"I was eating a massive sandwich when the alien spaceship landed right in the middle of my backyard."

Use the Past Continuous (was eating) for a longer background action that was already happening.

Use the Past Simple (landed) for a shorter, sudden action that interrupted the background event.