'We had a great time together' vs 'We were having great time'

[Arya]

'We had a great time together'
'We were having great time.'

Can u tell me wt is d diffrence between this two sentenses?

[Mister Micawber]

The first simply states the past accomplishment. The second indicates the duration of the pleasantry, during which something else happened; this second event must be indicated in the context or otherwise mutually understood-- if not, your second statement is a fragment and is incorrect.
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[Rfaleet]

The first senetence in the past tense
action happened and finished in the past

the second one in the present continous but it used rarely in English

the past continous not present sorry thanks to Mister Micawber
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[Qwikyss]

[Mister Micawber]

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Sorry, Rfaleet, but your answer is wrong. The second one is past continuous, and it is in frequent use.

Owikyss, the point is that past continuous is used to create the environment for another past action (for example: We were having a great time until the police arrived). Without some reference to another past action, the past continuous verb form does not complete a statement.
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[Bulone]

[Rfaleet]

[Esl_Expert]

[Jamie (K)]

Rfaleet, the verb "have" has more than one meaning. In its basic meaning, "to possess", it is a stative verb and is not used in the continuous tenses.

However, "have" can also be an action verb, as in "to have dinner", "to have friends at our home", "to have a good time". In those three phrases, the word "have" means "eat", "host" and "enjoy", respectively. It has other action-related meanings as well.

Children often come home and say, "What are we having for dinner?"
People might say, "If you're having a problem with your packages, I'll help you carry them."

Sometimes changing the verb tense changes the meaning. Look at these two conversations:

He: "Would you like to go out with me tonight?"
She: "No, thank you. I have a headache."
(She means that she's sick and her head hurts.)

He: "Would you like to go out with me tonight?"
She: "No, thank you. I'm having a headache."
(She is being sarcastic and telling him that she's pretending to be sick because she doesn't want to go out with him.)

[Rfaleet]

[Jamie (K)]

In that case, you can't make the sentence passive, Rfaleet, because only action verbs can be put into the passive, and in that sentence "has" is not an action verb.

[Mahmoudhassan]

both of the two sentences talk about something happend in the past and finished
in 1st one you talk about something happened in shot time such as a walk , adrive , day out.
in the socand you talk about something was happening for a long time such as a 4 weeks holiday , a period of former studying.