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Past Simple vs Past Progressive

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Past Simple vs Past Progressive

by Martin Chea
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Complete: She ____ to the party when the lights went out.

2

Choose the correct past progressive sentence.

3

They ____ dinner when the phone rang.

4

Which sentence is in the past progressive?

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I ____ a book when you called.

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Past simple vs past progressive: I ____ dinner when the doorbell rang.

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They ____ when the rain started.

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At 6 yesterday I ____ TV.

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Which sentence describes background action?

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Tom ____ football when he hurt his ankle.

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Past progressive shows a continuous action in the past interrupted by another event.

Past progressive describes an ongoing action in the past.

Ongoing past action interrupted by a past simple event.

Past progressive uses was/were + verb-ing.

Background action in the past; use was/were + verb-ing.

Cooking while another event happened is past progressive.

Running action in progress when something happened.

Use was/were + verb-ing for ongoing past action.

Background action is in past progressive.

Past progressive shows ongoing action at a past moment.

 
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