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Mareng Grammar The Past Continuous: Watched From Seven Until Ten Was Watching TV Was Asked

The document discusses the past continuous tense in English grammar. It provides examples of how the past continuous describes an action that was ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the past. It contrasts the past continuous, which describes background or ongoing actions, with the past simple tense, which is used for completed actions. Finally, it provides a longer example passage using both the past simple and past continuous tenses to describe the sequence of events in a mystery scene.

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Mareng Grammar The Past Continuous: Watched From Seven Until Ten Was Watching TV Was Asked

The document discusses the past continuous tense in English grammar. It provides examples of how the past continuous describes an action that was ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the past. It contrasts the past continuous, which describes background or ongoing actions, with the past simple tense, which is used for completed actions. Finally, it provides a longer example passage using both the past simple and past continuous tenses to describe the sequence of events in a mystery scene.

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MarEng Grammar THE PAST CONTINUOUS

Study these sentences:

Yesterday evening Nelly watched TV from seven o clock until ten. While she was watching TV , the phone rang. It was John: He asked her out.

We use the Past Continuous to say that someone was in the middle of doing something. For a completed action we use the Simple Past.

The phone rang. Time Nelly was watching TV.

The Past continuous is often used to describe the background activity against which something suddenly happened. More examples: John came home while we were having dinner. When I was walking in the park yesterday I met an old friend.

The Past continuous is formed with the auxiliary was/ were + ing form of the main verb. I / he, she / it we / you / they was were walking watching working listening

More on the difference between the Past Simple and the Past Continuous. Look at the situation: Jim Hale, the detective, opened the door and entered the room. It was dark, so he switched on the light. Loud music was playing on the radio. A man was lying motionless on the floor. There was blood all over the carpet. The window was open and the curtains were fluttering in the wind. Jim ran across the room. He felt the mans pulse. The victim was dead. Jim walked quickly over to the window and looked out. As he was standing there the telephone started to ring. He picked up the receiver. Hello, he said. Nobody answered. He could hear that somebody was breathing heavily. Then there was a click. Somebody ended the call....

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