Learn how to use Past Continuous/Progressive through a short story in this video. We use this tense ...
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[Music] what were you doing Hey look who's here sis what a surprise hey I didn't expect to see you here please join me how was your day Julia oh I had an awful day it seemed to be such a lovely day at the beginning I was sitting on the balcony drinking a cup of coffee the Sun was shining someone was playing a violin in the street and I was enjoying a beautiful afternoon I was feeling hungry so I decided to make spaghetti but I realized that I didn't have any tomato sauce so I went to the grocery store to buy some after buying a few items I finally found the tomato sauce I was reading the label when the jar just slipped out of my hands and fell down there was glass and red sauce all over the floor and splattered all over my shoes I looked around and noticed that everyone was tearing at me people were smiling and whispering to each other soon I noticed that I was leaving a trail of red footprints through the store I found a grocery store worker and I didn't know what I had just done I offered to help clean it up but he declined I was so embarrassed that I wasn't even looking where I was going and I knocked over display of chips I was just standing there in shock a manager was walking by me that very moment and notice the mess I had made I was expecting her to be angry but she wasn't she said they would take care of everything she was smiling maybe she was thinking about how clumsy I was oh poor you sis I'm sorry you had to go through this it was just a bad day and there's more well I was waiting to pay the check out I realized I forgot my wallet home I was mortified Oh No so what did you do I apologized and left all my shopping there maybe you're too tired and stressed out you should take a few days off from work and get some rest yeah you're right you know I called you yesterday at about a p. m. but you didn't answer what were you doing you'll never guess what happened yesterday evening I was sitting in the living room watching TV when I suddenly felt a strong smell of smoke it was coming from the corridor outside our apartment I opened the door and saw smoke at the end of the corridor mrs.
Brown lives there I grabbed the fire extinguisher and ran towards her apartment I opened the door and there was a big fire the flames were spreading quickly I put out the fire as fast as I could [Music] then I saw mrs. Brown in the living room she was lying down on the floor she was screaming for help help help she was bleeding I called the ambulance right away oh poor mrs. Brown is she okay now yes luckily she's fine but what happened it seems that the fire was started by some candles that were burning in the living room mrs.