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Two Ways to Express the Past: Past Simple vs. Continuous

This guide explores two different ways to express actions that happened in the past: the Past Simple and Past Continuous tenses. The Past Simple is used for completed events (e.g., "The orchestra performed in Madrid last summer"), while the Past Continuous describes ongoing actions during a past time (e.g., "What were you doing yesterday at two o'clock?"). Learn how to contrast these tenses with examples, including time expressions such as "yesterday," "last year," and "while." Understand their uses for a better grasp of English grammar.

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Two Ways to Express the Past: Past Simple vs. Continuous

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  1. Two different ways to express the past WHAT HAPPENED WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING?

  2. Past simple and continuous. Examples and uses. Simple: -ed/ V2, did, didn’t Continuous: was/ were V-ing • The orchestra performed in Madrid last summer. • We wrote many compositions some months ago. • We didn’t go to London last year. • When did you finish your studies? • USE: We talk about completed events in the past. • While he was talking to the runners, he discovered the truth. • What were you doing yesterday at two clock? • We weren’tdoing ourhomeworkwhile you were playing in the other room. • USE: We talk about continuous actions in the past. • We can contrast two parallel actions which happen at the same time (both in the past continuous) or one which interrupts (past simple) another longer action (past continuous).

  3. Time expressions Past Simple Past Continuous • Yesterday • Last + (time unit) • (time unit) + ago • … • … when • While / As …, … • At + (specific time) • …

  4. What about the irregular verbs?

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