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    The document discusses using the past simple and past continuous tenses together to describe two simultaneous past actions. The past continuous is used for the longer action, while the past simple describes the shorter action. These tenses can be linked with "while", "as", or "when" followed by a comma between the two clauses.

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    • We use the past simple and the past continuous together to talk about an action that happened while

    another action was in progress.


    • We use the past continuous for the longer action. We use the past simple for the shorter action.
    • We link the two tenses with while or as before the past continuous and when before the past simple.

    Josie split tomato sauce while /as she was having dinner.
    Josie was having dinner when she split tomato sauce.

    • When we start the sentence with when or while or as, we put a comma between the two halves of the
    sentence.
    While /As Josie was having dinner , she split tomato sauce.
    When Josie split tomato sauce , She was having dinner.

    • We use the past simple and the past continuous together to talk about an action that happened while
    another action was in progress.
    • We use the past continuous for the longer action. We use the past simple for the shorter action.
    • We link the two tenses with while or as before the past continuous and when before the past simple.

    Josie split tomato sauce while /as she was having dinner.
    Josie was having dinner when she split tomato sauce.

    • When we start the sentence with when or while or as, we put a comma between the two halves of the
    sentence.
    While /As Josie was having dinner , she split tomato sauce.
    When Josie split tomato sauce , She was having dinner.

    • We use the past simple and the past continuous together to talk about an action that happened while
    another action was in progress.
    • We use the past continuous for the longer action. We use the past simple for the shorter action.
    • We link the two tenses with while or as before the past continuous and when before the past simple.

    Josie split tomato sauce while /as she was having dinner.
    Josie was having dinner when she split tomato sauce.

    • When we start the sentence with when or while or as, we put a comma between the two halves of the
    sentence.
    While /As Josie was having dinner , she split tomato sauce.
    When Josie split tomato sauce , She was having dinner.

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