past simple and past continuous

Past simple- past continuous
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Past simple- past continuous

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The past continuous

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Past continuous
• an action happened in the middle of another action

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form?
To be (was/were) + infinitive + ing

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example
I was working on my essay when my mother came in.

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Slide 6 - Video

We _____
(eat) dinner at 8pm last night when the power went out.
A
are eating
B
were eating
C
is eating
D
was eating

Slide 7 - Quiz

We ______
(watch) TV when we ______
(hear) a loud noise.
A
were watching - heared
B
was watching - heared
C
were watching - heard
D
was watching - heard

Slide 8 - Quiz

Last year I _____
(visit) Paris and Rome.
A
was visiting
B
visited
C
were visiting
D
visitted

Slide 9 - Quiz

He ____
(work) in the garden when he _____
(find) the money.
A
were working - finded
B
worked - was finding
C
was finding - works
D
was working - found

Slide 10 - Quiz

When I _____
(call) Julie, she _____
(work).
A
calls - worked
B
called - worked
C
Called - was working
D
Called - were working

Slide 11 - Quiz

Mr Black ______
(not/work) in the garden at 10pm last night.
A
wasn't working
B
didn't work
C
weren't working
D
don't work

Slide 12 - Quiz

what is the difference between past simple and past continuous?

Slide 13 - Open question

Write down a sentence in the past continuous tense.

Slide 14 - Open question