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The document discusses the differences between the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. The past simple is used to describe completed actions in the past, often followed by time expressions like "yesterday" or "last week." The past continuous describes ongoing or incomplete actions happening in the past, often used with time expressions like "at 10:00" or "yesterday evening." Examples are provided for how to use each tense individually and together to describe actions that happened simultaneously or where one action interrupted another.
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- 1. The Past Simple vs ThePast Continuous
- 2. • The PastSimple I played We broke She didn’t jump Did they run? • The Past Continuous I was playing We were breaking She wasn’t jumping Were they running?
- 3. Use of thePast 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
- 4. The simple pastis 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…
- 5. Use of thePast 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?
- 6. The past continuousis normally used with times and time expressions • At 10.00 this morning • Yesterday evening at 9.00
- 7. The two tensestogether 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
- 8. Two or moreverbs 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.
- 9. Two or moreverbs 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?
- 10. The action expressedby 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?