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past continuous

What is the Past Continuous?

The past continuous is used to talk about an action that was happening at a certain time in the past.

How to form a sentence in the past continuous:

Subject + was/were + verb (with -ing)

Past continuous

 

Examples:

I was playing football.

They were studying.


Key words:

 While / When / At that time / All day / All night / jus as

 

  1. While I was doing my homework, my uncle came.
  2. I was walking to school when it started raining.
  3. At that time, they were practicing for the school play.
  4. At 10 p.m., I was reading a book.
  5. She was baking cookies all day yesterday.
  6. We were watching movies all night during the sleepover.
  7. Just as I was opening the door, the phone rang.