Past simple why
- describe finished actions
- to say that one thing happened after another
how
subject + verb + (e)d
subject + irregular verb past tense
Past continuouswhy
- talk about activities happening in the past
- describe scenes in a story
- an activity in progress in the past that is interrupted by another action
how
I/she/he/it + was + verb + ing
you/we/they + were + verb + ing
KEY WORDS while/when