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    The document provides examples and explanations for using the past continuous tense in English. It discusses how the past continuous expresses actions that were ongoing or lasted for some period of time in the past. It provides examples of forming the past continuous with "was/were + -ing" and changing them to questions or negative sentences. It also discusses using the past continuous to describe two simultaneous actions with "while" or an interrupting action with "when".

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    Past Continuous

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    The document provides examples and explanations for using the past continuous tense in English. It discusses how the past continuous expresses actions that were ongoing or lasted for some period of time in the past. It provides examples of forming the past continuous with "was/were + -ing" and changing them to questions or negative sentences. It also discusses using the past continuous to describe two simultaneous actions with "while" or an interrupting action with "when".

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    The document provides examples and explanations for using the past continuous tense in English. It discusses how the past continuous expresses actions that were ongoing or lasted for some period of time in the past. It provides examples of forming the past continuous with "was/were + -ing" and changing them to questions or negative sentences. It also discusses using the past continuous to describe two simultaneous actions with "while" or an interrupting action with "when".

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    The document provides examples and explanations for using the past continuous tense in English. It discusses how the past continuous expresses actions that were ongoing or lasted for some period of time in the past. It provides examples of forming the past continuous with "was/were + -ing" and changing them to questions or negative sentences. It also discusses using the past continuous to describe two simultaneous actions with "while" or an interrupting action with "when".

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    Sam continued to talk for

    hoursHe talked that much


    that John was bored.
    Sam started talking

    Sam finished talking

    Children rode their


    bikes all day long
    and they had a
    great time
    They started riding
    stopped riding

    They

    Talk finished and children went home, but the


    fact is that both actions took some time. So we
    can say that PAST CONTINUOUS expresses
    an action that happened and lasted
    in the past.
    Sam was talking for hours.
    Children were riding their bikes all day long.
    So I told him...

    Lets go
    this way

    We form this tense with :


    WAS/ WERE + -ING on the main verb
    1.I was sleeping
    1. We were
    sleeping
    2.You were sleeping
    2.You were
    sleeping
    3.He/she/it was sleeping
    3. They were
    sleeping

    I was sleeping from 2 to 4.


    They were having lunch.
    Mark was playing football with Harry.
    Marry and I were swimming in the lake.

    Change places to make questions:


    Was I sleeping?
    Were they eating?
    Put NOT on was/were to make negative
    sentences:
    I wasnt sleeping.
    They werent eating.

    Its possible that two people were doing something at the same time.
    For example:
    Mum was
    cooking.

    Jane was
    sleeping.

    We can join these sentences using WHILE. For example:


    Mum was cooking while Jane was sleeping.
    For both actions we use PAST CONTINUOUS because they lasted some
    time.


    1)

    2)
    3)

    Join sentences:
    Ellen was reading. Tim was watching
    television.
    I was listening to my iPod. James was studying.
    They were snowboarding. Mum was sitting by
    the fire.

    And sometimes one action can interrupt ( cut) the other.


    For example:
    The dog was eating.
    Cat went in.

    We can join these sentences using WHEN. For example:


    The dog was eating in the kitchen when the cat went in.
    The longer action is in PAST CONTINUOUS and the short one
    is in PAST SIMPLE.


    1)
    2)

    3)

    Join sentences:
    I was having breakfast. The phone rang.
    They were travelling by plane. The
    engine broke down.
    Tim was riding a horse. Someone stole
    his car.

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