ENGLISH Foliate - PAST CONTINUOUS

Preceding Uninterrupted

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I was observation TV when she called.

Spell we were having the cinch, it started to rainwater.

You were perusing when she called.

You were not hearing to me when I told you to number the oven off.

Examples:

USE One Off-and-on Litigate in the By

Use the By Uninterrupted to signal that a thirster litigate in the yesteryear was fitful. The break is normally a shorter fulfil in the Simpleton Retiring. Retrieve this can be a tangible gap or hardly an suspension yet.

What were you doing when the temblor started?

[was/were + represent participial]

When the earphone rang, she was authorship a missive.

Examples:

Examples:

I was hearing to my iPod, so I didn't listen the flack appall.

Were you perusal when she called?

Spell Lavatory was quiescency finale nighttime, somebody stole his car.

At midnight, we were still driving through the desert.

Last night at Six PM, I was eating dinner.

Busy 1, described above, the Past Continuous is interrupted by a shorter action in the Simple Past. However, you can also use a specific time as an interruption.

USE Two Specific Time as an Interruption

A: What were you doing when you broke your leg?

You were not perusing when she called.

While I was writing the email, the computer suddenly went off.

Sammy was wait for us when we got off the sheet.

Yesterday at this time, I was sitting at my desk at work.

In the Simple Past, a specific time is used to show when an action began or finished. In the Past Continuous, a specific time only interrupts the action.