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The Tíxer Productions: Presents

The document presents a story about the Past Simple and Past Continuous tenses, starring the two brothers The Past Simple and The Past Continuous. It explains that the Past Simple is used for finished actions in the past, often followed by time expressions like "yesterday" or "last week." The Past Continuous is used for actions happening in the past that are in progress, often used with time expressions like "at 10:00." It also discusses using the two tenses together, with the Past Continuous describing an action interrupted by the Past Simple, or a Past Continuous action beginning before a Past Simple action.

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The Tíxer Productions: Presents

The document presents a story about the Past Simple and Past Continuous tenses, starring the two brothers The Past Simple and The Past Continuous. It explains that the Past Simple is used for finished actions in the past, often followed by time expressions like "yesterday" or "last week." The Past Continuous is used for actions happening in the past that are in progress, often used with time expressions like "at 10:00." It also discusses using the two tenses together, with the Past Continuous describing an action interrupted by the Past Simple, or a Past Continuous action beginning before a Past Simple action.

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The Tíxer

Productions
presents
The Past Simple
vs
The Past Continuous

(the story of two brothers)


Starring
• The Past Simple • The Past Continuous
I played I was playing
We broke We were breaking
She didn’t jump She wasn’t jumping
Did they run? Were they running?
Chapter 1

Use of the Past Simple


We use the past simple for finished actions in the past

When?

The past

Yesterday I went to the cinema with my friends


What time did you arrive home?
I didn’t pass my English test last term
The simple past is normally followed by time expressions

• Yesterday, in 1990, then, when…


• Last month, last week, last summer…
• 3 days ago, some time ago, a week ago…
Chapter 2

Use of the Past Continuous


We use the past continuous for actions happening in the past

The action is in progress

The past

We were watching TV with some friends

I wasn’t studying English

What were you doing yesterday morning?


The past continuous is normally used with
times and time expressions

• At 10.00 this morning


• Yesterday evening at 9.00
Chapter 3

The two tenses together


Two or more verbs in the past simple

One action follows the other action

Got up brushed had

1 2 3
Yesterday morning I got up, I brushed my teeth and
I had breakfast
Two or more verbs in the past continuous

The actions happen at the same time

Was watching

Was listening
Was doing

Last night, while my father was watching the TV,


my sister was listening to the radio and I was doing
my homework in my bedroom.
Two or more verbs in the past simple
and the past continuous

The action expressed by the past simple


interrupts the action expressed by the past continuous

While I was driving to work, I had an accident


I was having a shower when the phone rang
What were you doing when I called you last night?
The action expressed by the past continuous
begins before the action expressed by the past simple

While is normally followed by the past continuous

When is normally followed by the past simple


2nd
1st

While I was driving to work, I had an accident


I was having a shower when the phone rang
What were you doing when I called you last night?
The End

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