The Past Progressive usually puts emphasis on the course of an action in the past. It's used in case of: - actions in progress at a special time in the past - two actions happening at the same time (the actions do not influence each other) - a combination together with Simple Past - repeated actions irritating the speaker (with always, constantly, forever) The form: to be (was, were) + infinitive + -ing.
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