This document provides information about using the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. It begins by giving examples of how to use each tense to describe actions that were happening simultaneously or sequentially in the past. It then provides the grammatical structures for forming sentences in the past simple and past continuous. The document goes on to give exercises for learners to practice using these tenses in their writing, including rewriting sentences in the past simple and describing past events using both tenses. It concludes by providing a writing prompt for learners to describe an important day in their past using the tenses.