• Past Continuous for Repeated Actions

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• Use the past continuous for repeated actions in the past.

  
  

  The children were practicing after school.

  (The action happened many times.)
  

  
  

  The children practiced after school.
  

  (The action happened once.)
  

  
  

  You can also use an adverb of frequency with past continuous.

  -The children were practicing daily.
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• They were always working on Christmas.	I was taking lessons weekly.
  Emma was going to the gym often.	My grandparents were frequently arguing.

 Source : Alison