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    The past continuous tense is used to describe actions that were in progress at a specific time in the past. It can be used to talk about a single ongoing action, two simultaneous actions, or one action that began earlier and was still happening when another action occurred. The past continuous tense follows the pattern of subject + was/were + verbing + object/complement + adverb of time.

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    The past continuous tense is used to describe actions that were in progress at a specific time in the past. It can be used to talk about a single ongoing action, two simultaneous actions, or one action that began earlier and was still happening when another action occurred. The past continuous tense follows the pattern of subject + was/were + verbing + object/complement + adverb of time.

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    Past Continous Tense: To Talk About An Action Which Was in Progress at A Certain Time in The Past

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    The past continuous tense is used to describe actions that were in progress at a specific time in the past. It can be used to talk about a single ongoing action, two simultaneous actions, or one action that began earlier and was still happening when another action occurred. The past continuous tense follows the pattern of subject + was/were + verbing + object/complement + adverb of time.

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    Past Continous Tense

    used

    To talk about an action which was in


    progress at a certain time in the past. 3. To talk about two long actions that were in progress
    simultaneously.
    Pattern : While Subject Past Subject Past
    (+) S + was/were + V-ing + O/C + 1 Continuous 2 Continous
    adv. of time - While Mrs. Joe was Mr. Joe was
    cleaning the plowing
    (-) S + was/were + not +V-ing + O/C garden his field
    + adv. of time

    (?) was/were + S + V-ing + O/C +


    adv. of time + ?

    TTtalk about two actions that occurred at the same time. One action began earlier
    and was in progress when the other action occurred.
    While/when Subject 1 Past Subject 2 Simple past
    continuous

    While I was sleeping, the phone rang.

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