--instructions--

Listen to the audio and answer the question below.

--questions--

--text--

What was Jake doing yesterday?

--answers--

He was updating the security protocols.

--feedback--

Jake says he was reviewing the protocols, not updating them.

He was designing a new security system.

--feedback--

Jake was reviewing existing protocols, not designing a new system.

He was reviewing the security protocols for the project.

He was fixing a bug in the project.

--feedback--

Jake's focus was on reviewing the security protocols, not fixing a bug.

--video-solution--

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--explanation--

The Past Continuous tense often emphasizes the duration or background of an action in the past. It is used to describe an action that was ongoing at a specific time in the past. The structure is: was/were + verb ending in -ing.

In Jake's sentence, I was reviewing shows that the action of reviewing was in progress yesterday. Another example:

She was testing the new feature when the system crashed. - Here, the crashing of the system happened in the middle of her action of testing the new feature - the test was a longer ongoing action.

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