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    The document discusses the differences between using the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. The past simple is used to describe actions completed in the past or habitual past actions, while the past continuous describes interrupted actions, actions happening simultaneously, or ongoing actions in progress at a specific time in the past. It provides examples of sentences using each tense correctly.

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    The document discusses the differences between using the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. The past simple is used to describe actions completed in the past or habitual past actions, while the past continuous describes interrupted actions, actions happening simultaneously, or ongoing actions in progress at a specific time in the past. It provides examples of sentences using each tense correctly.

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    The document discusses the differences between using the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. The past simple is used to describe actions completed in the past or habitual past actions, while the past continuous describes interrupted actions, actions happening simultaneously, or ongoing actions in progress at a specific time in the past. It provides examples of sentences using each tense correctly.

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    Past Simple Vs.

    Past Continuous

    I finished homework, Interrupted action


    One action I was studying when she called.
    went to the gym, in the past
    after another
    and play badminton with my friends.
    I was studying while my brother
    Use Use Parallel actions
    He went to the zoo very frequently last year. Past habit was watching Tv.

    Short past Long past


    I went to gym yesterday. I was running along the river.
    finished action finished action
    Past Continuous
    Past Simple
    Like - liked Regular: V. + ed Positive I was dancing.
    Positive
    Was/were +
    Go - went Irregular Form Negative I was not dancing.
    present participle

    Why did Lucy Forms Question Was I dancing?


    Wh- + did + subject + V. Question
    go there?

    verb Subject = didn't + 1st form of the verb Negative

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