The document discusses the past continuous tense and how it is used to describe actions that were interrupted or happening simultaneously in the past. It provides examples of using phrases like "while" and "when" with the past continuous to describe parallel or interrupted actions. It also briefly covers the simple past tense and how to form positive, negative, and interrogative sentences before listing a practice of writing sentences using the simple past and past participle.

1. Past continuous

2. Past continuous
• Interrupted Action in the Past
• Parallel Actions
While
And

3. Past continuous
• To describe the atmosphere
When I walked into the office, several people were
busily typing, some were talking on the phones, the
boss was yelling directions, and customers were waiting
to be helped..

4. Simple Past: Forms
• Positive
• Negative
• Interrogative
Sub + was/were + verb –(ing) + complement
Sub + was not-wasn’t + verb –(ing) + complement
were not-weren’t
Was /Were + sub + verb –(ing)+ complement+?
• Yes, sub + was/were
• No, sub + was not-wasn’t
were not –weren’t

5. Adverb “when”
The police officer broke his leg when he was running.
He was running
He
bro
ke
her
leg

6. Adverb “while”
• While I was studying, she called.
I was studing
She
call
ed.

7. Practice
Write 6 sentences:
• 2 using Simple Past
• 2 using Past Participle
• 2 combining Simple Past and Past Participle