Past Simple And Past Continious ingles

Past Simple And Past Continious ingles

1. Use

   • Past Continious
     • puts emphasis on the course of an action in the past
     • two actions happening at the same time
     • action going on at a certain time in the past
   • Past Simple
     • -action in the past taking place once, never or several times
     • -actions in the past taking place one after the other
     • -action in the past taking place in the middle of another action
     • -if sentences type II

2. Signal Words

   • Past Simple
     • yesterday
     • 2 minutes ago
     • in 1990, the other day
     • last Friday
   • Past Continious
     • when
     • while
     • as long as

3. Form

   • Past Simple
   • PastContinious

4. Exceptions in Spelling

   • Past Simple
   • Past Continious

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