Past+Continuous

__USES__

 * We use the Past Continuous to indicate that a longer action in the past was interrupted, usually by a shorter action described in Past Simple.
 * Example: I __was watching__ TV when it started raining. While I __was having__ a shower, my mother called.
 * You can also use a specific time as an interruption
 * I __was eating__ breakfast at 7 a.m.. I __was driving__ at midnight.
 * (!) This specific time interrupts the main action. Remember that, in Past Simple, the specific time indicates when an action starts or ends. (Yesterday //I ate// at 1 o'clock (I started eating at 1); Yesterday //I was eating// at 1 o'clock (I may have started at 12:45 and finished at 13:10)
 * We can use the Past Continuous with two actions, in order to express the idea of both actions happening at the same time. It is called Parallel Actions.
 * Example: I was reading while he was cooking. They were eating while I was watching television.
 * This Parallel Actions can be used to describe the atmosphere at a particular time in the past. (Several people __were talking__ on the phone while I __was walking__ down the street. A woman __was drinking__ a coffee and her baby was crying)

__FORM__

 * Was/were [past simple form from "to be"] + verb in //_ing// form.
 * || Affirmative || Negative || Question ||
 * I/He/She/It || I was cooking || I was not cooking || Was I cooking? ||
 * You/We/They || You were speaking || You were not speaking || Were I speaking? ||