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The past continuous is made from the past tense of the verb be and the –ing form of a verb:
I was | working etc. |
We use the past continuous to talk about the past:
for something which happened before and after another action:
The children were doing their homework when I got home.
Compare: The children did their homework when (= after) I got home.
This use of the past continuous is very common at the beginning of a story:
The other day I was waiting for a bus when …
Last week, as I was driving to work, …
It was eight o'clock. I was writing a letter.
Compare: At eight o'clock I wrote (= started writing) some letters.
My head was aching.
Everyone was shouting.
I was practising every day, three times a day.
They were meeting secretly after school.
They were always quarrelling.
The children were growing up quickly.
Her English was improving.
My hair was going grey.
The town was changing quickly.
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