Past Continuous and Simple Past

I can use the past continuous and simple past tenses correctly to describe events that happened in the past.

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1. 1

   The past simple tense often uses the -ed form of a verb to describe a completed action, while the past continuous uses was/were + verb-ing to describe an action in progress.

2. 2

   When describing an action that was interrupted by another action in the past, use the past continuous for the action in progress and the past simple for the interrupting action.

3. 3

   Verbs like 'want' and 'know' are typically used in the past simple tense rather than the past continuous to describe states or single actions.

“Complete the sentence using the correct form (past continuous or simple past) of the verbs in parentheses: I (walk) to school when it (start) to rain.”

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