(Originais Teachy 2023) - Questão Difícil de Inglês

While the simple past tense is used to talk about actions that were completed in the past, the past continuous tense is used to describe actions that were ongoing at a specific time in the past or actions that were happening before and after another action in the past. For example, 'I was watching TV when she called.' In this sentence, 'was watching' is in the past continuous tense. Based on this understanding, analyze the following paragraph and answer the questions that follow: 'Last summer, while I was staying at my grandparents' house, I was helping them with their garden. I was very busy every day, but I was enjoying it. One day, while I was digging a hole for a new plant, I found a small box buried in the ground. It was a time capsule from when my mother was a little girl.' 1. Explain how the use of the past continuous tense in the paragraph helps to convey the ongoing nature of the speaker's activities. 2. Discuss the significance of the discovery of the time capsule in the context of the story, considering the past continuous tense used to describe the event.