"On 11 April, the Titanic was, making good progress across the Atlantic.", We use the past continuous for, something that was happening at a particular time in the past., The Titanic set sail on 10 April. It sank on 14 April. So, on 11, April, the Titanic was still on the ocean, going towards its destination. The action was still happening., "The Titanic was sailing when it, hit an iceberg.", In the sentence above, "was sailing" is a longer action. It was interrupted, by a shorter action "hit an iceberg", which is in the past simple., The shorter action is usually introduced by, the word "when", "While the Titanic was sailing, the passengers, were enjoying the view of the ocean.", We can use the past continuous to show that two, actions were happening at the same time. This is indicated by the word "while", We form the Past Continuous by using the verb was /, were + verb+ing..

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