I was reading when it rained (The Past Continuous Tense)

The past continuous tense (was/were + verb-ing) is commonly used when stating an action that was going on around a particular point in the past or another past action.

Examples:
She was writing an e-mail when the phone rang.
I was opening the meeting when he arrived.
We were deliberating on the project at 3pm.
What were you doing when you received the memo?

All the sentences above talk about a continuous action around a fixed point in the past.

Vocabulary/Helpful expressions:

make something come true: to achieve/accomplish/realize
e.g.
We all want to make our dreams come true.
We have until next week to make these goals come true.

Advise vs. advice
- Advise is a verb while advice is a noun.

e.g.
She advises him to take some days off.
My advice is to organize a meeting so a decision can be made.

Practice

I was advising the team to check everything in detail when the power outage happened. The outage went on for 5 hours, and with just one day before the deadline, we were in danger of not making our plans come true.




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