Tenses Home | To describe a scene in the past: |
The sun was shining, the birds were singing... |
| To describe the past situation when something happened: |
| When Peter arrived I was talking to someone on the
telephone. What were you doing when the telephone rang? - Getting into the bath! I was talking to her last week and she said... |
| To describe two things happening at the same time: |
| I was having a bath while she was watching television. |
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a scene
Compare the equivalent present tense...
past situation
For comparative examples...
I was talking
You often use "Talk" in the Past Continuous in this situation...
she said
You will need Reported Speech to finish this sentence...