past simple and past continuous

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 1

Past simple- past continuous

The past continuous

Past continuous

• an action happened in the middle of another action

form?

To be (was/were) + infinitive + ing

example

I was working on my essay when my mother came in.

We _____
(eat) dinner at 8pm last night when the power went out.

1. are eating
2. were eating
3. is eating
4. was eating

Marcus ______
(sleep) when he ______
(hear) a strange noise.

1. were sleeping - heared
2. was sleeping - heared
3. were sleeping - heard
4. was sleeping - heard

He ____
(walk) in the garden when he _____
(meet) .

1. were walking - meeted
2. walked - was meeting
3. was walking - meets
4. was walking - met

Last year he _____
(visit) Paris and Rome.

1. was visiting
2. visited
3. were visiting
4. visitted

When Aunt Valeria _____
(call), Cottia _____
(talk) to Marcus.

1. calls - talked
2. called - talked
3. called - was talking
4. called - were talking

While Esca ...(hunt), he ......(find) a wolf cub.

what is the difference between past simple and past continuous?

Write down a sentence in the past continuous tense.