Past Simple VS Past Continuous

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Grammar

Past Simple, Present perfect

Past Continuous

I know how to use the Past Simple and the Past Perfect

1. Yes
2. No
3. Most of the time
4. A little

Which sentence has only the Past Simple?

1. I haven't had this much fun in ages!
2. I thought it was a great idea.
3. I was trying to call her when I fell
4. They had had that car for ten years before it broke down

Which one is the Present Perfect?

1. Aïsha has helped me before.
2. We hadn't been to a beach before we went to Hawaii
3. Jake tried his best but failed.
4. We had a dinner party yesterday.

When do we use the Past Simple and when do we use the Present Perfect?

Past Continuous

When/why do we use it and how do we make this tense?

Observe:
1)We were eating dinner when grandma called mum.

2)We were talking about our favourite film.

When do we use the Past Continuous and how do we make it?

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I understand when and how to use the PS, PP and the PC

1. Yes
2. No
3. Most of the time
4. A little

Practice makes perfect

Exercises 14, 15

17 & 18 when you're done.