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    Past Continuous: I Was Doing

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    The document discusses the past continuous tense, which is used to describe an action that was ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the past. It provides examples of how to use the past continuous tense to describe interrupted actions, parallel actions, arrangements in the past, and habitual past actions.

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    The document discusses the past continuous tense, which is used to describe an action that was ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the past. It provides examples of how to use the past continuous tense to describe interrupted actions, parallel actions, arrangements in the past, and habitual past actions.

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    Past continuous

    I was doing
    Past continuous

    1- Use past continuous to describe an action at or around a time in


    the past
    -At 8 o’clock Linda was making the dinner and Steve was putting
    the rubbish out.
    2- for temporary actions
    -I was living in Paris when I had my first job.
    3- To describe a scene in the past, especially when you’re telling a
    story.
    -When the lights went off, I was reading a book
    4- To describe something you did until an event interrupted you
    and stopped you.
    - We were watching TV when the bell rang.
    Past Continuous Tense

    Interrupted actions in the past Specific time as an interruption

    When I arrived ,Lisa was reading Last night at 11 o'clock, I was sleeping
    Newspaper.

    A series of parallel actions Parallel actions

    When I came to the school, the school My family was eating the dinner
    Bell was ringing ,many students were while I was working
    Running towards the garden, teachers
    Were going out from classrooms

    Arrangements in the past

    I was upset because I was leaving this place that morning.


    The Past Continuous Tense refers to an action that was
    in progress in a specific moment in the past .

    Useful adverbs: At that moment While


    When

    - While I was washing the dishes, I heard a loud noise.


    - I was watching TV when you telephoned.
    - The Sun was shining every day that summer.
    - As She spoke, the children were laughing at her cleverness.

     The verbs, such as like, see, hear, think, agree are not usually used in
    the past continuous
    Sue started Sue finished
    swimming at In-between Sue was
    swimming at
    9.00 a.m. swimming
    10.30 a.m.
    Interrupted action in the They were waiting for the train when I When
    past spoke to them
    Parallel actions While I was translating, …… While

    Story background While I was driving to work yesterday….. Constantly

    Past habit I was always cooking when I got home from At that
    school time
    Specific time as an Last night at 6 p.m. I was eating dinner In those
    interruption days
    Emphasis of length of I was working in the garden all day. All
    action morning

    A series of parallel actions When I come to school, the school bell was Always
    ringing, many students were running
    towards the garden, teachers were going
    out from classrooms
    Past simple or Past continuous
    • We can use the past simple or past continuous
    in the same sentence to:
    • Show that one past action interrupted another
    one.
    • Tell a story in the past
    • We usually use when and while to connect the
    two actions. We use when before the past
    Simple and while before the past continuous
    When or While
    1. I was watching TV_______ I heard the noise.
    2. ________ She was cooking. Her husband called her.
    3. We were having a lesson_____ the bell rang.
    4. He broke his arm_____ he was playing tennis
    5. _____ She was travelling on a train she met him
    6. The phone rang she was having her breakfast.
    7. The alarm clock rang____ we were sleeping
    8. What were you doing_____ the phone rang
    9. I walked into the house____ I heard the noise
    10. ____ I was making the bed my sister interred the
    room
    Simple Past or continuous
    1. They_____ (play) chess, when I____ (fall) asleep
    2. While he ___(talk) on the phone my sister ____(drop) the
    vase.
    3. They ___(have) a picnic when they ____(see) a big lizard.
    4. He ____(fall) off his bike while he_____ (cycle)
    5. What ___you___(do)when I___(call) you last night?
    6. My friend and I____(wait)for the bus when the rain____
    (start)
    7. When we ____(be) young we ____(live) in a small town.

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