The document discusses the use of the past continuous tense in English. It explains that the past continuous is used to describe an action that was ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the past. It provides examples of using the past continuous to talk about what someone was doing at a certain time yesterday. It also compares the past continuous to the past simple tense and how they are used together or separately to indicate whether actions happened simultaneously or consecutively in the past.

1. I was doing Past continuous

2. We use the past continuous tense to describe a past action over a period of time Q) "What were they doing yesterday?" A) "They were working all day.

3. At 10:15 they were playing tennis. We use the past continuous to say that somebody was in the middle of doing something at a certain time. The action or situation had already started before this time but had not finished. This time last year I was living in Brasil.

8. We also use past continuous to make POLITE REQUESTS: I was hoping we could discuss a pay raise. I was wondering if you had time to see me.