الماضي المستمر

The Past Continuous(progressive)

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Uses :

An action that occurred in a period of time.

e.g. "I was exercising at 5 p.m  yesturday  ."

حدث كان في فترة معينة  في الماضي

• to describe an unfinished action that was interrupted by another event or action,                                                         e.g. "I was having dinner when the phone rang."

لوصف حدث غير منتهي قطع بحدث آخر عليه 

• to express a change of mind:                                              e.g. "I was going to take the plane to London but I've decided to take the train instead."

للتعبير عن تغيير رأي ما 

• with 'wonder', to make a very polite request: 
• e.g. "I was wondering if I could borrow your car tomorrow ."