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The past continuous describes an action that was in progress at a certain time in the past — often when something else happened: “We were playing cricket when the phone rang.”
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was / were + -ing — “for an action that was going on at a moment in the past”
Use it for: Setting the scene in stories, saying what you were doing at a certain time, and reports.
Check: One friend: “My friend was playing”; many friends: “were playing” ✓
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20 questions. Check each answer, then go to the next one. Get 16 or more right to pass.
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