PAST CONTINUOUS - SENTENCES. AFFIRMATIVE. 1. They were playing tennis
. 2. I was listening to music. 3. You were waiting for a bus. 4. It was arriving. 5.
topic: SIMPLE PAST OR PAST CONTINUOUS? Choose which verb tense (simple
past or past continuous) fits better. 1. I ______ - I didn't hear you come in.
(you/want) to meet him? M: Oh yes. THE PAST TENSE. 10 Past Simple and Past
Continuous. Past simple. FORM. Positive: past simple form of verb:I arrived, etc.
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a) the past simple, b) past continuous, c) present perfect and d) the past perfect. 1
. I work in a ... She has done all the exercises. 7. You had spoken too fast. 8.
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Simple & Past Continuous. Fill the spaces in the chart with the words below.
When Sam ........................ (live) with his parents he often ........................... (sit around) doing nothin
Past Continuous Tense 1. A. What were you doing at the following times? Write
one sentence as in the examples. The past continuous is not always necessary.
bent bent doblar/inclinar bends bending. 49 bereave bereft bereft privar bereaves bereaving. 50 beseech beseeched/besoug
PAST SIMPLE VS PAST CONTINUOUS. We can use two forms of the past, one in
the simple form and the other in the continuous. The German language does ...
PAST SIMPLE VS PAST CONTINUOUS We can use two forms of the past, one in the simple form and the other in the continuous. The German language does not have a continuous form and therefore the difference between the simple and continuous is sometimes difficult to learn. However, if you understand the present continuous (I am working at the moment) then all you have to do is move it into a past time to emphasize an action in the past with duration (I was working at 11am yesterday).
Past simple The past simple is used to describe fully completed events in the past. We often use a time indicator (e.g. yesterday, last year, in 2003 etc) but we don't always have to mention it – important is that the context must be about this past time. I went to Frankfurt last week. She drove to Bremen yesterday. I moved to London in 2003.
Past Continuous The past continuous is used to describe actions of duration in the past. We generally use it to: 1. To describe an action of duration in the past covering a specific time:
I was working at 9am yesterday.
2. To describe an event of duration in the past (past continuous) interrupted by another event (past simple): He was writing an email when the phone rang.
3. To describe two parallel events of duration in the past:
We were speaking to a customer while John was giving a presentation.
