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PAST SIMPLE VS PAST CONTINUOUS

PAST SIMPLE VS PAST CONTINUOUS. GRAMMAR. When we use the Past Continuous and the Past Simple in the same sentence, the Past Simple describes the short complete action which interrupts the other activity in progress. When Mary arrived, we were having dinner.

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PAST SIMPLE VS PAST CONTINUOUS

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  1. PAST SIMPLE VS PAST CONTINUOUS GRAMMAR

  2. When we use the Past Continuous and the Past Simple in the same sentence, the Past Simple describes the short complete action which interrupts the other activity in progress. • When Mary arrived, we were having dinner. • While we were having dinner, Mary arrived.

  3. WHEN + PAST SIMPLE I was having a shower WHEN the phone rang. WHEN the phone rang, I was having a shower. WHILE + PAST CONTINOUS WHILE I was having a shower, the phone rang. The phone rang, WHILE I was having a shower.

  4. was watching rang • I .......(watch)……. TV when she called. • When the phone …(ring)... she was writing a letter. • While we …….(have)……. the picnic, it started to rain. • While John was sleeping last night, somebody ..(steal).. his car. • The computer suddenly ….(go off).… while I …….(write).…… the e-mail. were having stole went off was writing

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