Why is answer b correct?

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Why is answer b correct?

teacher6579

Why is answer b correct?

What did he say?
I don �t know. I ............................
a. didn �t listen
b. wasn �t listening

Can anybody explain why answer b is correct???

6 Nov 2014

isa2

At the moment of speaking the person wasn �t listening.
The continuous form stresses what was happening at the moment of speaking.

6 Nov 2014