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THE PAST CONTINUOUS FOR SCENE-SETTING

         The past continuous is often used in storytelling
         to set a scene or describe a situation.














                THE PAST CONTINUOUS AND THE PAST SIMPLE

         When English uses the past continuous and past simple together, the
         past continuous describes a longer, background action, and the past
         simple describes a shorter action that interrupts the background action.

          CONTINUING BACKGROUND ACTION                   INTERRUPTING MAIN ACTION

















         FURTHER EXAMPLES

























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