What is the main difference in structure between a past simple sentence and a past continuous sentence?

Past simple uses the past form of the verb (often with '-ed'), while past continuous uses 'was/were' + the verb with '-ing'.

Give an example of a sentence that uses both the past simple and the past continuous tense.

While I was studying, my mom made dinner.

'Was' is used with singular subjects (I, he, she, it), and 'were' is used with plural subjects (we, you, they).

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

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