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Why is the verb in following sentence in the imperfect tense?

Ana y Teodoro estaban contentos porque iban a una fiesta.

weather in the past
physical characteristics in the past
emotions in the past
time in the past

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Estan contentos = they where happy
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Emotions in the past

Estar conjugated in the past tense is estaban.

Estaban contentos= they were happy
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