PAST CONTINUOUS

The Past Continuous is a tense describes actions that were being carried out in a time in the past referred to and then continued, for example: Yesterday I was studying English. Yesterday he was studying English. (He began to study before that time and continued to study later) John was playing tennis at 10 a.m. John was playing tennis at 10 a.m. (He started playing tennis before 10 am and continues to do so later).

The past continuous is used to describe actions that are being developed in the past when we are talking about and continued after that time:

This morning at 8 o'clock she was reading at 8 in the morning she was reading: the action had begun to read up to eight and continued after this moment. Last Monday I was traveling last Monday, he was traveling: the action of traveling began and continued until MoThe past continuous is also used to refer to two actions in the past, one of which was completed while the other continued: the first is the "simple past" and the second for the "past continuous": When I arrived, I was watching TV. When he arrived, I was looking at her, the action of watching television had begun before he arrived and continued afterwards. While she was listening to music, her brother did his homework. As she listened to music, his brother did their homework: the action of listening to music had already taken place before the brother began their duties, and continued after the brother was over.nday next.

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