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Lessons Categories past progressive

19 English lessons that use past progressive

English Lesson: I was going in for the handshake but he came in and kissed me on the cheek.
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1. “I was going in for the handshake but he came in and kissed me on the cheek.”

English Lesson: We were growing really rapidly for the first few months, but since then it’s evened off.
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2. “We were growing really rapidly for the first few months, but since then it’s evened off.”

English Lesson: I was tossing and turning all night.
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3. “I was tossing and turning all night.”

English Lesson: You were doing 55 in a 35 mile per hour zone.
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4. “You were doing 55 in a 35 mile per hour zone.”

English Lesson: Word crashed while I was working on it, but luckily I was able to retrieve the file.
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5. “Word crashed while I was working on it, but luckily I was able to retrieve the file.”

English Lesson: Some creepy guy was hitting on me.
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6. “Some creepy guy was hitting on me.”

English Lesson: She was yelling at us and barking out orders.
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7. “She was yelling at us and barking out orders.”

English Lesson: Oh my goodness. It was so moving, by the end I was tearing up.
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8. “Oh my goodness. It was so moving, by the end I was tearing up.”

English Lesson: I was wondering if I could exchange them for another pair.
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9. “I was wondering if I could exchange them for another pair.”

English Lesson: I was going for something abstract and kind of edgy.
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10. “I was going for something abstract and kind of edgy.”

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