The document discusses the difference between the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. The past simple focuses on completed past actions, while the past continuous focuses on the duration of ongoing past activities. Examples are provided to illustrate using each tense, such as "He fixed the car" in the past simple versus "He was fixing the car" in the past continuous. The document also includes exercises for learners to practice identifying the correct past tense to use in different sentence contexts.

1. Past Simple
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2. Past simple or continuous?
• Sometimes both tenses are
possible. The Past Simple focuses
on past actions as complete facts.
The Past Continuous focuses on
the duration of past activities.
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3. What´s the difference?
• The Past Simple focuses on past
actions as complete facts. The
Past Continuous focuses on the
duration of past activities.
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4. Example:
• He was fixing the car.
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• He fixed the car.
• Past C.
• Past S.

5. Example:
• He was answering the phone.
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• He answered the phone.
• Past C.
• Past S.

6. Example:
• He was drinking coffee.
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• He drank coffee.
• Past C.
• Past S.

7. Compare :
• A: I didn’t see you at the party last
night.
• B: No. I stayed at home and
watched the football.
• A: I didn’t see you at the party last
night.
• B: No, I was watching the football
at home.
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EXERCISES
I) Which sentence is the correct one?
1)
a) The men were studying on the new proyect all day
yesterday
b) The men was studying on the new proyect all day
yesterday
c) The men studied on the new proyect all day
yesterday

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2)
a) When were you finishing
your project?
b) When did you finish your project?
c) When were you finish your project?

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3)
a) You didn't be in the party yesterday
b) you didn't were in the party yesterday
c) You weren't in the party yesterday

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4)
a) My sister watched TV while his husband was
playing with the children
b) My sister was watching TV while his husband
was playing with the children
c) My sister was watching TV while his husband
played with the children

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5)
a) The students were talking when the
teacher was arriving
b) The students talked when the
teacher was arriving
c) The students were talking when the
teacher arrived