Past continuous
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Created on November 14, 2020
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Mariana Cavazos Eddy
PAST CONTINUOUS
Federico Fellini
" A different language is a different vision of life"
They stopped playing cards
They were playing cards
They started playing cards.
5:00?
4:00
11:00?
They started playing cards before 4 o'clock, and the probably continued playing afterwards.
Use the past continuous when you talk about things which were happening at a particular time in the past.The action started before, and probably went on after, that particular time.
they were still playing cards at 4 o'clock
Example
PAST CONTINUOUS
The past simple and the past continuous do not mean exactly the same.I had dinner at 8 o'clock. (past simple)This means he started to have his dinner at 8 'clock.I was having dinner at 8 0'clock (past continuous)This means he started to have his dinner before 8 o'clock, and probably continued after 8 o'clock.
Past continuous or past simple?