Past continuous Yesterday Karen and Jim played tennis.

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Past continuous Yesterday Karen and Jim played tennis. They began at 10 o’clock and finished at 11.30. So, at 10.30 they were playing tennis.

They were playing . Was/were + -ing is the past continuous

Past continuous We use the past continuous to say that somebody was in the middle of doing something at a certain time. The action or situation had already started before this time but had not finished.

Past continuous vs Past simple Compare the Past Continuous and the Past Simple In the middle of an action I was walking home when I met Dave. = in the middle of walking home Past simple Complete action I walked home after the concert last night. = all the way, completely

Past continuous • Tom burnt his hand when he was cooking the dinner. We often use the past simple and the past continuous together to say that something happened in ‘the middle’ of something else: • Tom burnt his hand when he was cooking the dinner.

Past continuous I saw you in the park yesterday. You were sitting on the grass and reading a book.

Past continuous But we use the past simple to say that one thing happened after another: • I was walking along the road when I saw Dave. So I stopped and we had a chat.

Past continuous Compare: When Karen arrived, we were having dinner (= We had already started before Karen arrived) When Karen arrived, we had dinner. (= First Karen arrived and then we had dinner.)

Past continuous NOTE WELL : There are some verbs, called state verbs (for example, know/want/believe) that are not normally used in the continuous : • We were good friends. We knew each other well. (not ‘we were knowing’) • I was enjoying the party but Chris wanted to go home. (not ‘was wanting’)