PAST SIMPLE vs PAST PROGRESSIVE



Past Simple
Past Progressive
Usage
·         Talks about something that happened before. It happened and it finished.
·         Talks about something that was happening before, but for a period of time.
Structure
Regular verbs + -ed
Walk - walked, help - helped.
Irregular Verbs
Eat - ate,  begin - began
was or were + verb-ing
Examples
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Time Clauses
  • I walked to school yesterday.
  • They ate all the apple last night.
  • While I was eating, the telephone rang
  • I dreamed in English when I was sleeping.
  • She was listening to the radio when the mail came.
  • They visited Sydney when they were traveling in Australia.

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