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Past Continuous
Past Tenses
Finished actions Progress in the past
Series of actions in
the past
Past Tenses
Past Simple
Past
Finished action
switched off the light
Series of actions in
the past
Past Tenses
Past Continuous
Past
Finished action
Two simultaneous
actions in the past
Past Tenses
Past Simple Past Continuous
While the action was in progress something happened in the middle and
interrupted it.
Progress in the past
Interrupted action
when suddenly
You
I We
You They
weren’t working.
He
She didn’t work.
It I
We He wasn’t working.
They She
It
Formation
Past Simple Past Continuous
you
I we
you
Were they
working?
he
Did she work?
it
we I
they Was he working?
she
it