Complete the frustrated student's text message by dragging the correct verbs to explain why they missed a phone call.

Sorry I missed your call! While I was studying for my history exam, my younger brother was playing his drums loudly in the next room. I couldn't hear my phone at all!

Sorry I missed your call! While I was studying for my history exam, my younger brother was playing his drums loudly in the next room. I couldn't hear my phone at all!

We often use the past continuous to talk about two or more actions happening at the exact same time in the past (parallel actions). Both "I" and "my younger brother" take the singular auxiliary verb was.