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    The document discusses the past continuous tense in English. It provides examples of using the past continuous tense in affirmative and interrogative sentences. It explains that the past continuous tense is used to describe an action that was ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the past. It contrasts the past continuous tense with the past simple tense and provides examples of when each would be used.

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    English - The Past Continuous

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    The document discusses the past continuous tense in English. It provides examples of using the past continuous tense in affirmative and interrogative sentences. It explains that the past continuous tense is used to describe an action that was ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the past. It contrasts the past continuous tense with the past simple tense and provides examples of when each would be used.

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    Past continuous tense

    The farmer was working at 6 oclock yesterday evening

    Past continuous tense


    AFFIRMATIVE: Play

    I You We They He She It

    was playing

    were

    was

    Past continuous tense

    Was the teacher explaining grammar at school last Monday? No, she wasnt. She was explaining Geography.

    Past continuous tense


    INTERROGATIVE: Play NEGATIVE: Play

    was

    I you we they
    he she it

    Was not Wasnt

    were

    You were not We werent playing? playing They He She It was not wasnt

    was

    Uses of the past continuous


    1-We use the past continuous tense to describe a past action over a period of time

    "What were they doing yesterday at 8 0clock?" "They were working all day.

    2-We use the past continuous to say that somebody was in the middle of doing something at a certain time.

    This time yesterday the hairdresser was working

    3-Past simple and past continuous are used together when something happened in the middle of something else

    The policeman broke his ankle while he was running after the dog

    Compare the past continuous (I was doing) and past simple (I did):
    Past continuous (in the middle of an action) I was walking home when I met Dave. (in the middle of walking home) Ann was watching television when the phone rang. Past simple (complete action) I walked home after the party last night. Ann watched televison a lot when she was ill last year

    Past continuous tense


    Time expressions: While, as, when.

    While the band was playing a mobile phone rang

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