Ingles

 Past Continuous

Indicates that an action was taking place in a certain time in the past to which reference is made. It does not say if the action already completed or still on.

Sometimes described two simultaneous actions that occurred in the past. In that case, use the "past implemented" to describe that ending and the "past continuous" for that one that was happening when the first took place.

     When the parents arrived home the children were watching TV
    Yesterday evening when you called me I was having a shower


Another difference between the two times is that the "past continuous" is sometimes used to indicate that the action is more casual, less planned.

Yesterday morning, from 7 to 8, I was running.

¡Could you put the verbs in the following sentences in Past Continuous?

    The children (play) .................... football during the week.

    It (rain) .................... hard during the soccer game.

    I (study) ................... English for five years in London.

    Mary (be) .................... always (borrow) .................... my books.

    Peter (practise) ................... the guitar before the competition.

    Susan (drive) ................... when the accident happened.

    My friends (fight) ..................... during the whole night at the club.

    Daniela (teach) .................... language for ten hours.

    I (try) ................... to get a new job.

    Jane (plan) .................... to go to the cinema with her parents.