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The detective was investigating at 6 o’clock yesterday
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I was
playing
You
We
They
were
He
She
It
was
AFFIRMATIVE: Play
The plumber was repairing the pipes
NEGATIVE: Play
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I
was not
wasn’t
playing
You
We
They
were not
weren’t
He
She
It
was not
wasn’t
The women weren’t eating.
was I
playing?
were
you
we
they
was
he
she
it
INTERROGATIVE: Play
(WH-)
What was the drummer doing? He was playing
the drums
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UsesUses
1-To describe a past action over a period of time
"What were they doing yesterday at 10 0’clock?" "They were singing all day.
This time last week I was playing the guitar
2-To say that somebody was in the middle of doing something at a certain time.
3-Past simple and past continuous are used together when something happened in the
middle of something else
He ate a pizza while he was working.
Time expressions:
While, as, when.
While we were playing basketball, it started to rain
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