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1. Past Simple – Description
•Past Simple describes an action that finished in the past.
•We often know when it happened.
•Used for short, completed actions or actions that happened one after another.
✅ Form:
•Regular verbs: V + ed (played, watched)
•Irregular verbs: V2 (went, saw, ate)
•Negative: did not + verb
•Question: Did + subject + verb?
✅ Time words: yesterday, last week, ago, in 2020
✅ Examples:
•I visited my friend yesterday.
•She didn’t go to school.
•Did you see the movie?
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✅ 2. Past Continuous – Description
•Past Continuous describes an action that was in progress (happening, continuing) at a specific time in the past.
•Used for background actions, or for two actions happening at the same time.
•Used when a short action interrupts a long action.
✅ Form:
was / were + verb + ing
✅ Examples:
•I was studying at 8 pm.
•They were playing football while we were watching.
•I was walking home when it started to rain.
•Past Simple describes an action that finished in the past.
•We often know when it happened.
•Used for short, completed actions or actions that happened one after another.
✅ Form:
•Regular verbs: V + ed (played, watched)
•Irregular verbs: V2 (went, saw, ate)
•Negative: did not + verb
•Question: Did + subject + verb?
✅ Time words: yesterday, last week, ago, in 2020
✅ Examples:
•I visited my friend yesterday.
•She didn’t go to school.
•Did you see the movie?
⸻
✅ 2. Past Continuous – Description
•Past Continuous describes an action that was in progress (happening, continuing) at a specific time in the past.
•Used for background actions, or for two actions happening at the same time.
•Used when a short action interrupts a long action.
✅ Form:
was / were + verb + ing
✅ Examples:
•I was studying at 8 pm.
•They were playing football while we were watching.
•I was walking home when it started to rain.
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