Past Continuous sentences focus on an action that happened at a specific time in the past.

Past continuous rules = was/were + verb + ing

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      • You were cooking dinner at 7pm.
      • I was cooking dinner when my husband came home.
      • I wasn’t watching TV when my husband came home.
      • You weren’t watching TV at 7pm.
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      • Were you cooking dinner when your husband came home?
      • Was he cooking dinner at 7pm?