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Explanation of the Past Simple and Past Continuous Tenses in English, Apuntes de Idioma Inglés

An explanation of the differences between the past simple and past continuous tenses in english. The past continuous is used to express actions or states that were taking place in the past when another action or state interrupts or reinforces it. The past simple, on the other hand, is used for sentences in which the idea or act is already completed. The document also explains how to form the past simple of regular verbs in english.

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2021/2022

Subido el 13/09/2022

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Hello, my name is Jordi Alfaro. Today I come to talk about the
grammar of the simple and continuous past. The past continuous has
clear differences with the past simple, which can be summarized as
follows: the past simple is for actions that started and ended in the
past. While in the past continuous it is used for actions that were
taking place in the past.
PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS
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Hello, my name is Jordi Alfaro. Today I come to talk about the grammar of the simple and continuous past. The past continuous has clear differences with the past simple, which can be summarized as follows: the past simple is for actions that started and ended in the past. While in the past continuous it is used for actions that were taking place in the past.

PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS

HOW IS THE PAST CONTINUOUS USED?

  • (^) The past continuous as already mentioned. is used to express actions or states that were taking place in the past when another action or state interrupts or reinforces it, for example: ”I was walking when i saw an eagle”
  • (^) the structures of the past continuous in its affirmative, negative and interrogative forms are the following: affirmative: subject + verb + auxiliary (to be) + verb in gerund (ing) + complement. negative: subject + verb + auxiliary (to be) + not + verb in gerund (ing) + complement interrogative : auxiliary verb (to be) + subject + verb in gerund (ing) + complement +?

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