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PAST SIMPLE VS PAST CONTINUOUS

Past simple vs past continuous

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PAST SIMPLE VS PAST CONTINUOUS

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PAST CONTINIOUS

• I• He • She • It

• We• You• They

WAS+ing

WERE+ing

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PAST CONTINUOUS EXAMPLES

Affirmative: SB+was –ing+ complementI was waiting for the bus.We were copying i the exam.Negative: SB+wasn’t/weren’t+complementHe wasn’t studying from the exam.

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USES

• We use the past continuous to describe a situation in the past

• To describe and image/photo

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PAST SIMPLE VS PAST you CONTINUOUS

• Past continuous• Past simple

When+pastSimpleWhile+pastcontinuous

Long action in progress

Short action

Interrupted action

Parallel actions

was playing soccer while my brother was taking photos

They expect you to come was my Aunt when she was about to get I met a friend from school They expect you to come was my Aunt when she was about to get I met a friend from school They expect you to come was my Aunt when she was about to get I met a friend from school

was my aunt when she was about to get I met a friend from school They expect to come

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Created by Pol Cervera