This document provides information about the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. It defines the past continuous as using was/were + verb+ing to describe ongoing or incomplete actions in the past. Examples are given for affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms. The past simple is used for completed actions and actions that happened at a specific time, using the past form of regular and irregular verbs. The key differences between the past simple and past continuous are outlined: the past continuous describes long or ongoing actions while the past simple describes short or completed actions. Time expressions like "when" and "while" are used to show parallel or interrupting actions between the two tenses.

1. Past simple Vs Past Continuous
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2. Past Continous
• I
• He
• She
• It
• We
• You
• They
Were+ing
Was+ing

3. Past continous examples
• Affirmative: SB+was/were+ing+Complement
I was swimming with my father.
They were playing computers games
• Negative:SB+ wasn’t/weren’t+ing+Complement
He wasn’t studying for the exam
We weren’t jumping on the sofa.
• Interrogative: Was/were+SB+ing+Complement?
Was she reading a book in the class?
Were you chatting with yours girlfriends?

4. Uses
Ben
Maria
Alexandra
Marta
Lucas
Miquel
Jennifer
Ben was jumping happily
Maria was playing with her fiend
Alexandra
Marta was pretending to fly
Lucas an Miquel were imaginingthat
they were driving a car
Jennifer was sitting alone

5. Past Simple
• Affirmative: SB+Verb in past+Complement
Regular verbs/irregular verbs
I watched TV in grandmother house’s
You spoke very good
Examples

6. Past Simple vs Past Continous
• Past Continous
• Past Simple
Long action
Short action
When+past simple
While +past continous
Interupts a longer
While I was studying the telephone rang
I was having a shower when the lights
went offParallel action
As I was watching TV my mother was
cooking in the kitchen
When I was playing basketball my
parents were supporting me.

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