We use the Past Continuous to talk about past actions in progress. The actions can also be interrupted by something (I was eating my breakfast when the telephone rang).

  Subject + To be (in the past) + Infinitive + Ing

Examples:

    I was  reading the book when you come.

    When  the phone rang, we were eating dinner.

   Yesterday at this time, I was still driving the car.

  She was always coming to class late (habit)

To test your knowledge about this lesson, do this test: Test of Past continuous

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