Past · Continuous

In Progress Then

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Form · singular

I/he/she/it was working

Form · plural/you

you/we/they were working

Background

I was sleeping when you called.

Pair

while + was/were -ing · when + past simple

In a common interruption pattern, the long background uses continuous and the sudden event uses past simple.

was/were + verbo-ing

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Tips

In Progress Then

  1. Past continuous necesita was/were + verb-ing y muestra una acción en progreso en un momento pasado.
  2. I/he/she/it usan was; you/we/they usan were.
  3. En una interrupción, el fondo largo suele ir en continuous y el evento puntual en past simple.