The document discusses the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. It explains that the past simple tense is used to express completed actions that happened at specific times in the past or actions that were habitual in the past. The past continuous tense indicates longer actions that were interrupted or happened simultaneously with other actions. It provides examples and common expressions used with each tense.

1. ENGLISH
5º YEAR
SCHOOL: Iaccarini
TEACHER: M. Laura Tonidandel

2. PAST SIMPLE AND CONTINUOS
PAST SIMPLE
USES
PAST CONTINUOS
USES
COMMON EXPRESSIONS
EXAMPLES

3. SIMPLE PAST

4. USES
 to express the idea that an action started and finished
at a specific time in the past.
 to list a series of completed actions in the past. These
actions happen 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and so on.
 can be used with a duration with expressions such as:
for two years, for five minutes, all day, all year, etc.
 to describe a habit which stopped in the past.

5. PAST CONTINUOS

6. USES
 to indicate that a longer action in the past was
interrupted.
 When you express two actions in the same sentence,
and both actions were happening at the same time.

7. COMMON EXPRESSIONS

8. EXAMPLES