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He caught the train at 6 o'clock yesterday.
Ann cooked dinner every day last week.

As shown above. 'every day' is two words unless it's an adjective.

However, you can use the first one with "was catching" if you add more to say what happened next.

He was catching the train at 6 o'clock

Thanks for help. When I was studying the past continuous, I read that it is used with a specific time in the past.
Examples:

• Last night at 6 PM, I was eating dinner.
• At midnight, we were still driving through the desert.
• Yesterday at this time, I was sitting at my desk at work.
• When should I use past simple or past continuous with spec

AnonymousWhen should I use past simple or past continuous with specific times?

Those examples are all OK. The ones that sound odd to me are those with the past continuous and a for-phrase of time (for an hour, for two months, for three years).

Note that a for-phrase expresses a period of time, an amount of time. The time express

He caught the train at 6 o'clock yesterday.

So, why is the answer here caught not was catching?

AnonymousHe caught the train at 6 o'clock yesterday.So, why is the answer here caught not was catching?

I just judge isolated sentences by how good they sound as they are presented, i.e., with no context. As I mentioned, "was catching" is possible, but that sounds like more is going to be said. That gives you a little more information about the usage of the

Thanks