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Past Continuous vs. Past Perfect Continuous

Past Continuous emphasizes interrupted actions, whereas Past Perfect Continuous emphasizes a duration of time before something in the past. Study the examples below to understand the difference.

Compare:

  • He was tired because he was exercising so hard. This sentence emphasizes that he was tired because he was exercising at that exact moment.

  • He was tired because he had been exercising so hard. This sentence emphasizes that he was tired because he had been exercising over a period of time. It is possible that he was still exercising at that moment OR that he had just finished.

Let’s practice

1 Use Past Continuous to describe actions happening at a specific time in the past.

1 A: What (you, do)______________ when the accident occurred?

B: I (try)________________ to change a light bulb that had burnt out.

2 When I phoned my friends, they (play)________________ monopoly.

3 Yesterday at six I (prepare)____________________ dinner.

4 They _____ (not sleep) at five o'clock.

5 Peter _____ (work) when I telephoned.

6 Tim _____ (study) German while they were studying French.

7 I _____ (not pay attention) during the presentation.

8 _____ (Brian talk) during the lesson?

9 We _____ (not cook) when he walked in the door.

10 Jason _____ (play) the piano at three o'clock yesterday afternoon.

2 Choose the correct time expression used with the past continuous tense.

  1. What were you doing (while / during) the meeting?

  2. Tim was finishing the report (in / at) five o'clock.

  3. They were discussing the problem (when / at) I walked into the room.

  4. Jackson wasn't listening (while / during) he was explaining the situation.

  5. Was Alice paying attention (while / during) the presentation?

  6. They were having a quiet breakfast (this / at) morning when he arrived.

  7. What were they doing (when / in) that happened?

  8. Sheila was playing the piano (while / during) he was working on the computer.

  9. I was working at the computer (at / on) seven o'clock this morning.

  10. Alex wasn't playing golf (this / at) morning. He was working.

3 My memorable event. The sentences are mixed. Put them in the correct order to make a story

1 My most memorable event was my trip to Africa with my family last November.

We happily changed into shorts and sandals, ate some dinner, and went to sleep.

While we were driving there, he told us that the reserve is a park with over 100 different kinds of animals.

I was taking a photo of the giraffe when a zebra started running toward our truck.

Five minutes after we entered the park, we saw a giraffe and two zebras.

When we arrived on Monday night, rain was falling, but it was quite hot.

On Wednesday, we drove through the Great Rift Valley to another park for a three-day safari.

On Tuesday, our guide picked us up in a big truck.

At first, we were very frightened, but the guide said, “Don’t worry - zebras are not very dangerous!”

After the safari ended, I was happy to return home.

He drove us to Kenya’s first nature reserve, which opened in 1946.

Before we began the safari, some lions were watching our truck.

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