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Last night I was watching TV while my husband was reading. <\/p>\n","answer":"

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She was driving when she received a phone call. She pulled over to answer the call. <\/p>\n","answer":"

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His sisters were both yelling at him for breaking their favorite toy. <\/p>\n","answer":"

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She was backpacking through Thailand last summer. <\/p>\n","answer":"

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He still wasn't sleeping at midnight. <\/p>\n","answer":"

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She was walking in the schoolyard when she slipped on a banana peel. <\/p>\n","answer":"

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We were watching the movie when our food was delivered. <\/p>\n","answer":"

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The moon was shining brightly while we were driving to the farm. <\/p>\n","answer":"

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She was cooking dinner when her husband came home. <\/p>\n","answer":"

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She was talking on the phone for hours last night. <\/p>\n","answer":"

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She was teaching the lesson when a student raised his hand. <\/p>\n","answer":"

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Practice the functions of Past Continuous and guess which function was used in each sentence. The functions you can choose from are:<\/p>\n\n

actions happening at a specific time or during quick action in the past;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

actions that were ongoing over a period of time in the past;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

actions happening at a time in the past when another action interrupted;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

two actions happening at the same time.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Turn the card to check your answer!<\/p>\n","title":""}