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PAST SIMPLE VS. PAST CONTINUOUS
PAST CONTINUOUS
SIGNAL WORDS OR TIME EXPRESSIONS FOR THE PAST
CONTINUOUS

YESTERDAY AT 6 O'CLOCK,

AT THAT MOMENT,

WHILE...

WHEN....

AS...
· INTERRUPTION IN THE PAST:
JACK WAS READING WHEN...
· CONSECUTIVE ACTIONS IN THE PAST:
JACK STOPPED READING, GOT UP AND ANSWERED...
WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE SCHOOL YARD WHEN THE
NEW ENGLISH TEACHER ARRIVED?

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Past simple and past continuous contrast

  • 1. PAST SIMPLE VS. PAST CONTINUOUS
  • 3.
  • 4. SIGNAL WORDS OR TIME EXPRESSIONS FOR THE PAST CONTINUOUS  YESTERDAY AT 6 O'CLOCK,  AT THAT MOMENT,  WHILE...  WHEN....  AS...
  • 5.
  • 6. · INTERRUPTION IN THE PAST: JACK WAS READING WHEN... · CONSECUTIVE ACTIONS IN THE PAST: JACK STOPPED READING, GOT UP AND ANSWERED...
  • 7. WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE SCHOOL YARD WHEN THE NEW ENGLISH TEACHER ARRIVED?