CONECTORS FOR PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS

1) Cause and effect: because and so

PAST SIMPLE BECAUSE PAST CONTINUOUS

EFFECT CAUSE
I felt a sleep. because I was studying too much.

PAST CONTINUOUS SO PAST SIMPLE

CAUSE EFFECT
I was studying too much so I felt a sleep.

2) Accident: while and when

PAST SIMPLE WHILE PAST CONTINUOUS

SECOND(MAIN)EVENT BACKROUND
I saw a squirrel while I was going home.

PAST CONTINUOUS WHEN PAST SIMPLE

BACKROUND SECOND(MAIN)EVENT
I was going home. when I saw a squirrel

3) Other cases

PAST CONT. WHILE PAST CONT.

I was going home while It was rainig

PAST SIMPLE WHEN PAST SIMPLE

Dad arrives home when The alarm rang