past simple vs past continuous

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Past simple vs past continuous

I ALREADY KNOW THE PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS

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Past simple and past continuous

Look at these two sentences:

They were watching a film                                          I arrived

Which one is the past simple and which one the past continuous?

Past simple and past continuous

Look at these two sentences:

They were watching a film                                          I arrived

Which one is the past simple and which one the past continuous?

Now let's combine them!

Past simple and past continuous

Look at these two sentences:

They were watching a film                                          I arrived

Which one is the past simple and which one the past continuous?

Now let's combine them!

They were watching a film when I arrived.

Past simple and past continuous

They were watching a film when I arrived.

Where would you place these events in the timeline?

Past

Present

Future

Past simple and past continuous

When I woke up this morning, it was snowing.

Where would you place these events in the timeline?

Past

Present

Future

Past simple and past continuous

They were watching a film when I arrived.

When I woke up this morning, it was snowing.

What do you notice when you look at the grammar rules and their place in time?

Past simple and past continuous

They were watching a film when I arrived.

When I woke up this morning, it was snowing.

What do you notice when you look at the grammar rules and their place in time?

The first event that started is the past continuous! 

Past continuous

It was snowing yesterday

I wasn't writing a letter

Were you celebrating a festival? 

Past simple

I saw him yesterday

We didn't leave him behind.

Did she clean her room?

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wasn't/weren't + ww + ing

didn't + ww (no -ed!)

ww + -ed

was/were + ww + -ing

Did + (pronoun) + ww (no -ed!)

Was(n't)/were(n't) + (pronoun) + ww + -ing

Past continuous.

Events that happened in the past and continued for a while

Past simple

Short events that happened in the past

It was snowing yesterday.

I wasn't writing a letter.

Were you celebrating a festival?

I saw him yesterday.

We didn't leave him behind.

Did she clean her room?

Past Simple or Past Continuous?

He lived in Fiji in 1976.

1. Past Simple
2. Past Continuous

Past simple or past continuous?

We sang that song yesterday

1. Past simple
2. Past continuous

Past Simple or Past Continuous?


I ... (enjoy) the sun last Sunday.

1. enjoyed
2. was enjoying

Past Simple or Past Continuous?

I was having a shower.

1. Past Simple
2. Past Continuous

Past simple vs Past Continuous

When Mike and Jane _____ (paint) the walls, their dog _____ (knock) over the paint pot.

1. painted - was knocking
2. were painting - was knocking
3. painted - knocked
4. were painting - knocked

Past simple and past continuous.

I ....... (have) dinner when the doorbell ....... (ring).

1. had - was ringing
2. was having - rang

Fill in the correct form of Past Simple and Past Continuous: They .....(drive) to school when suddenly an accident ...... (happen)

1. drove - was happening
2. were driving - was happening
3. were driving - happened
4. drove - happened

Use past simple and past continuous...

We .......... for English when the book ........

1. was studying - fell
2. was studying - falled
3. were studying - falled
4. were studying - fell

Fill in the Past Continuous and the Past Simple:
Linda ____ (clean) her room when she ____ (hear) a loud noise.

1. cleaned / was hearing
2. was cleaning / heard
3. was cleaning / was hearing
4. cleaned / heard

Let's write a sentence

You will get two events that happened in the past.

Form a correct sentences.

These are the two events:

- To see a celebrity (choose one yourself!)

- To walk down the street

Write a sentence with these events:

- To see a celebrity (choose one yourself!)

- To walk down the street

Let's write a sentence

You will get two events that happened in the past.

Form a correct sentences.

These are the two events:

- To see a celebrity (choose one yourself!)

- To walk down the street

Have you achieved the lesson goal?

I know the difference between Past simple and Past continuous.

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