Presently the telephone at the secretary's elbow purred, and he took up the receiver, spoke for a minute or two, then turned to his employer.
He was talking on the telephone
He did not speak on the telephone that day
Everyone is putting the Jenga set away.
The girls are riding the horse.
None of her books have made it to TV.
I have witnessed a change in those attending high school.
The child is scuba diving in a lake
I don't like word processing at all and never use it.