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Past progressive

2021

past tense of the verb be + –ing form of a verb

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for something which happened before and after another action

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The past progressive tense indicates something that was happening, going on, at some point in the past.

For something that happened before and after a specific time

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With verbs which show change or growth

To show that something continued for some time

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WE DON'T USE the past continuos with stative verbs.

For something that happened again and again

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in conditions with if

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To talk about wishes for the present

Making hypotheses

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