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y weren’t. What were they doing then? They were reading newspapers. Was he/she/it eating? Yes/No, he/she/it was/wasn’t. Were you/they/we walking? Yes/No,we/you/theywere/weren’t. We ask questions using the past continuous tense like this. What was your cousin doing when you got home yesterday? She was dancing to the music when I got home. = While she was dancing to the music, I got home. Past continuous tense with ‘while’ and ‘when’ I was chatting with my new friends while my parents were packing the luggage. = I was chatting with my new friends when my parents were packing luggage. 1) What were you doing when I came in? 2) What were you doing while/when I was reading? Task2 We use the past continuous tense to talk about things that were happening for some time in the past. When two long actions went on at the same time, we can use the past continuous tense in both clauses and ‘while’ to join them. When something else happened while a longer action was going on, we can use ‘when’ or ‘while’ to join the two actions. We use the past continuous tense for the longer action and the simple past tense for the sho