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Grammar 8.2
Grammar 8.2
you rang
<======talking =====> NOW ↓
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Julia arrived
<=====having a meeting =====> NOW
↓
• Use the past continuous to talk about repeated actions in
the past that take place over a temporary period of time:
people coming in
↓↓↓↓↓
--------------------------------------------NOW
<====aIl day =====>
• Use the past continuous to emphasise the duration or
continuity of a past action.