past simple and past continuous

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Past Simple & Past Continuous

 Past Simple / Continuous

Use Past Continuous or Past Simple:
We ............. on holiday to Canada last year. (go)

I .............. TV when the bell rang. (watch)

It was raining when I ................. (hear) the thunder.

The internet ................. (not exist) in 1975.

A dog ..... a man from drowning last month. (rescue)

Sarah ........... (swim) when a bird ............(fly) into the water.

I ................. (study) when the phone ............. (ring).

When the pizza _________ (arrive), I __________ (shower).

1. was arriving, was showering
2. arrived, showered
3. arrived, had showered
4. arrived, was showing

Let's Review

• Look at the KEYWORDS
• WHEN comes before the PAST SIMPLE
• WHILE comes before the PAST CONTINUOUS
• Decide which part of the sentence was the background event and which part was shorter (the interruption).