PAST SIMPLE / PAST CONTINUOUS

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PAST SIMPLE / PAST CONTINUOUS

• PAST SIMPLE
• FORM Regular verbs lt-edgt walk walked
  Irregular verbs no rules send sent
• Interrogative / Negative auxliliary verb did
• She came to the party
• Did she come to the party?
• She didn t come to the party.
• USE
• Punctual events in the past. We considered the
  action finished.
• Yesterday, I watched a film on TV. I liked it
  quite a lot.
• Consecutive actions.
• Yesterday evening, I arrived home, I had a
  shower and then, I had dinner
• A punctual past event that interrupts...
• Last night, the lights
  went off

• PAST CONTINUOUS
• FORM was / were -ing
  was sending / were walking
• Interrogative / Negative auxliliary verb
  was/were
• She was coming to the party
• Was she coming to the party?
• She wasn t coming to the party.
• USE
• Past action in progress. We consider the action
  in the middle.
• Yesterday evening at 6.00, I was watching a
  film on TV. It was very interesting.
• Parallel actions.
• Yesterday evening, I was having a shower while
  my wife was having dinner
• ...a past action in progress
• when I was watching TV