progresiv past

progresiv past


The progressive past was used to describe an action that began in the past, over a period of time and finally ended in the past. It is equivalent to the imperfect or the progressive imperfect. Before continuing, get familiar with these lessons: Verbo BE | Present participle.


I was eating a sandwich.

 
The kids were playing.

 
We were watching a movie.

I was playing in the hause.

I was playing guitar.

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