PAST TENSE [RULES] |
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RULE 02: PAST PROGRESSIVE USE |
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We use the past progressive for one long action in the past which is interrupted by a short one. Signalwords are while (past progressive) and when
(past simple). |
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past progressive = not
complete longer situation While I was having a bath, the phone rang. |
past simple = complete
short action When Bill came in, I was talking
with my mother. |