past simple/past continuous

past continuous

PRESENTATION

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past simple

START

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PAST SIMPLE

- ed/ 2nd column- didn't + infinitive - did + S + inf ?

finished actions

"when"

"ago"

short actions

"yesterday"

"vaig anar/ varem fer"

• I heard a strange noise.
• We didn't see anything.
• Who did you meet?

PAST continuous

- was/ were + ING- wasn't/weren't + ing - was/were + s + ing ?

unfinished actions

"while"

"as"

long/ repeated actions

background action

"caminava/ esteia fent"

• I was walking in the forest.
• We weren't listening.
• What were you doing?

short action/ it interrupts the long one

long/background action

combination of the two tenses

While they were swimming, they saw a shark. They were swimming when they saw a shark.

They were swimming

They saw a shark

guess the film/ series

They were playing a video game

when suddenly the TV sucked them in and they became the protagonists of the videogame.

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guess the film/ series

while they were raising money at a school event

she kissed her crush without knowing who he was.

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guess the film/ series

while his irresponsible father was doing an experiment

he became an indestructible superhero.

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