GRAMMAR REVIEW! Past continuous tense
Structure:
Subject + was/were + verb-ing
Uses:
•Ongoing action in the past (describes something that was happening at a specific time in the past).
At 8 PM, she was watching a movie.
•Interrupted action (one action was happening, and another shorter action interrupted it)
I was cooking when the phone rang.
•Parallel actions (Two actions happening at the same time).
He was reading while she was writing.
• Background setting in a story (sets the scene with actions already in progress).
The wind was blowing, and the leaves were rustling.
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