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    The document compares and contrasts the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. [1] The past simple is used for completed actions, while the past continuous is used for ongoing actions. [2] The past simple uses time expressions like "yesterday" and "last week," while the past continuous uses expressions like "at 10:00" and "yesterday evening." [3] The two tenses can be used together, with the past simple interrupting or following an action in the past continuous.

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    The document compares and contrasts the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. [1] The past simple is used for completed actions, while the past continuous is used for ongoing actions. [2] The past simple uses time expressions like "yesterday" and "last week," while the past continuous uses expressions like "at 10:00" and "yesterday evening." [3] The two tenses can be used together, with the past simple interrupting or following an action in the past continuous.

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    The document compares and contrasts the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. [1] The past simple is used for completed actions, while the past continuous is used for ongoing actions. [2] The past simple uses time expressions like "yesterday" and "last week," while the past continuous uses expressions like "at 10:00" and "yesterday evening." [3] The two tenses can be used together, with the past simple interrupting or following an action in the past continuous.

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    The Past Simple

    vs
    The Past Continuous
    • The Past Simple • The Past Continuous
    I played I was playing
    We broke We were breaking
    She didn’t jump She wasn’t jumping
    Did they run? Were they running?
    Chapter 1

    Use of the Past Simple


    We use the past simple for finished actions in the past

    When?

    The past

    Yesterday I went to the cinema with my friends


    What time did you arrive home?
    I didn’t pass my English test last
    term
    The simple past is normally followed by time expressions

    • Yesterday, in 1990, then, when…


    • Last month, last week, last summer…
    • 3 days ago, some time ago, a week ago…
    Chapter 2

    Use of the Past Continuous


    We use the past continuous for actions happening in the past

    The action is in progress

    The past

    We were watching TV with some friends

    I wasn’t studying English

    What were you doing yesterday morning?


    The past continuous is normally used with
    times and time expressions

    • At 10.00 this morning


    • Yesterday evening at 9.00
    Chapter 3

    The two tenses together


    Two or more verbs in the past simple

    One action follows the other action

    Got up brushed had

    1 2 3
    Yesterday morning I got up, I brushed my teeth and
    I had breakfast
    Two or more verbs in the past continuous

    The actions happen at the same time

    Was watching

    Was listening
    Was doing

    Last night, while my father was watching the TV,


    my sister was listening to the radio and I was doing
    my homework in my bedroom.
    Two or more verbs in the past simple
    and the past continuous

    The action expressed by the past simple


    interrupts the action expressed by the past continuous

    While I was driving to work, I had an accident


    I was having a shower when the phone rang
    What were you doing when I called you last night?
    The action expressed by the past continuous
    begins before the action expressed by the past simple

    While is normally followed by the past continuous

    When is normally followed by the past simple


    2nd
    1st

    While I was driving to work, I had an accident


    I was having a shower when the phone rang
    What were you doing when I called you last night?
    The End

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