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Unit 6 Past Continuous ( I was doing)

 

A )

Study this example situation:

Yesterday Karen and Jim played tennis. They began at 10:00 and finished at 11:00.
So at 10:30 they were playing tennis.
They were playing = they were in  the middle of playing.
They had not  finished playing.
Was/were/ - ing is the past continuous:
I/he/she/it        was           playing /doing/working, etc.
we/you/they    were          playing /doing/working, etc.
                                                                   

B )

We use the past continuous to say that somebody
was in the middle of doing something at a certain time.
The action or situation had already started before this  
time but had not finished:
  • This time last year  I was  living in Brazil.
  • What were you doing at 10:00 last night?
  • I was at her, but she wasn't lookin.
                                                                   

C )

We often use the simple past and the past continuous together to say that something happened in the middle of something else:


 Matt burned his hand while he was cooking dinner.
 I saw you in the park yesterday. You were sitting on the grass and reading a book. While I was working in the garden, I hurt my back.
 But we use the simple past to say that one thing happened after another:
 I was walking downtown when l saw Dave. So I stopped and we talked fora while.
                                                                                 



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