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    The document discusses the past continuous tense in English. It is used to describe actions that were ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the past. There are three main situations where the past continuous is used: 1) when one past action interrupted or overlapped with another past action, 2) to describe an action that was already happening and continued at a specific past time, and 3) to describe two simultaneous past actions. Examples are provided to illustrate each situation.

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    Using Past Continuous Tense

    What is Past Continuous Tense?


    The past continuous tense is commonly
    used in English for actions which were
    going on (had not finished) at a particular
    time in the past.
    We form this tense by using

    was/ were + verb + ing


    When to use past continuous tense
    There are three situations to use past
    continuous tense.
    We usually use the connectives When
    and While to link the two clauses.

    Situation 1
    Situation 2
    Situation 3
    The past continuous is usually used when one
    action began before another, and finished after
    it.
    e.g. While I was reading, he arrived.

    9:00pm

    8:00 pm He arrived
    10:00 pm

    reading reading reading reading


    Sam

    wait for the MTR meet his friend

    While Sam was waiting for the MTR, he met his


    friend.
    I

    excited travel on the new


    Disneyland Resort
    Line train

    While I was travelling on the new Disneyland


    Resort Line Train, I was excited.
    Susan and
    her friend

    get lost Talk on the road.

    While Susan and her friend were talking on the


    road, they got lost.
    we

    stand on the out of order


    escalator

    While we were standing on the escalator, it was


    out of order.
    We can also use the tense when we talk about
    an action that had already started and was still
    continuing at a particular time:
    e.g. At five oclock, it was raining.

    5:00pm
    (specific time)

    4:00 pm still raining


    6:00 pm

    raining raining raining raining


    2:00 am last train arrived

    At 2:00 am, the last train was arriving.


    John
    Susan

    8 oclock
    yesterday wait for me at the
    MTR station

    me
    At 8 o clock yesterday, John and Susan were
    waiting for me at the MTR station.
    Finally, we can use this tense to describe TWO
    actions that were BOTH continuing at the same
    time in the past. In this case, we use the past
    continuous for both actions.
    e.g. While I was sleeping, she was working.

    10:00 pm 11:00pm 12:00 pm

    me sleeping sleeping sleeping sleeping


    she working working working working
    talk on the phone read newspaper
    mother father

    While my mother was talking on the phone, my


    father was reading newspaper on the train.
    buy tickets buy breakfast

    I My sister

    I was buying the tickets while my sister was


    buying her breakfast before we got onto the train.

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