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    The Simple Past tense is used to describe actions that were completed in the past, including single or repeated actions, a series of completed past actions, and actions that interrupted ongoing past actions denoted by the Past Progressive/Continuous tense. Examples include visiting Berlin last week, watching TV yesterday, getting up and having breakfast on Sunday, and the telephone ringing while they were playing cards or it starting to rain while Dennis was reading outside.

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    The Simple Past tense is used to describe actions that were completed in the past, including single or repeated actions, a series of completed past actions, and actions that interrupted ongoing past actions denoted by the Past Progressive/Continuous tense. Examples include visiting Berlin last week, watching TV yesterday, getting up and having breakfast on Sunday, and the telephone ringing while they were playing cards or it starting to rain while Dennis was reading outside.

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    The Simple Past tense is used to describe actions that were completed in the past, including single or repeated actions, a series of completed past actions, and actions that interrupted ongoing past actions denoted by the Past Progressive/Continuous tense. Examples include visiting Berlin last week, watching TV yesterday, getting up and having breakfast on Sunday, and the telephone ringing while they were playing cards or it starting to rain while Dennis was reading outside.

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    When do we use the Simple Past?

    1. action finished in the past (single or repeated)

    I visited Berlin last week.

    Andrew watched TV yesterday.

    My friends went to Paris a week ago.

    My parents ate a lot of junk food when they were young.

    2. series of completed actions in the past

    First I got up, then I had breakfast.

    On Sunday my brother and me went to a nice lake. There we met our friends.
    We swam in the warm water and played volleyball in the afternoon. Too bad that
    we had to go home in the evening. We didn't want to go to school on Monday.

    3. together with the Past Progressive/Continuous – the Simple


    Past interrupted an action which was in progress in the past.

    They were playing cards when the telephone rang.

    1st action → Past Progressive → were playing


    2nd action → Simple Past → rang

    While Dennis was reading outside, it started to rain.

    1st action → Past Progressive → was reading


    2nd action → Simple Past → started

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