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PAST CONTINOUS
We Use the Simple Past to express an action started and finished at a specific time in the past time.
Sometimes, the speaker may not actually mention the specific time, but they do have one specific time in mind. We express it with: Affirmative, Negative and Interrogative
- I Broke the window with a stone
- I Didnt Break a window with a stone
- Did you Break a window with a stone?
In Past Simple we use 3 particules
Last - I drunk hot chocolate last week
Yesterday -They Cheked the information Yesterday
Ago - I Studied English 4 years ago
Past Continious
We use this verb tense to describe an action that was happening in a concret moment in the past
- I was working yersterday
It also describes an action interrupted by a shorter action
- While Tom was cooking dinner, the phone rang
It describes two actions at same time
- I fell asleep when I was watching TV
(past continious table)
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