These people were making a film. It was called Funny Stories. This was a scene from the film. It was the fourth time they had filmed it. The director was going to shout 'cut' in a second. Everybody was having dinner at a restaurant. A young couple were deciding what to order. She was looking at the menu and he was talking to her. A fair waitress was serving some sandwiches and a soft drink to a young boy who was looking at his watch. A waiter was clearing a table and another waitress was setting another table. An old man was paying his bill at the cashier's. A young girl was having a salad and reading a newspaper. Another couple were having dinner. The man was drinking a beer and the lady was having a soup. Suddenly, she started to laugh. The director shouted 'cut' at exactly this point. He couldn't understand what had happened. He asked the lady why she was laughing and she answered there was a fly in the soup. They all stopped and had a rest.
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| Uses | The Past Continuous is used:
• to talk about an action which was in progress at a particular time in the past.
• to talk about two incomplete actions that were happening simultaneously.
• together with the Simple Past. In this case, the Past Continuous refers to the longer background action, and the Simple Past to the shorter action that happened in the middle of the longer one or interrupted it. |
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