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Past Simple & Past Progressive

Anahí Llaguno Méndez

Created on July 5, 2023

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Transcript

QUIZ

TRIVIAL

Are you ready to put your knowledge to the test?

S T A R T

I ___ to the movies (cinema) yesterday.

went

go

was

That's Correct!

Past Simple is used with finished actions, states or habits in the past. The action is completed.

I ______ to the station when I suddenly saw my friend Liz

was walking

walked

were walking

That's correct!

We use S + was/ were + verb ing to talk about an action in progress in the past. The action in the past continuous starts before and often continues after the another shorter action or time.

It was 9:00 in the morning. I was working on my computer when I ____ something moving next to me feet. It was a snake!

was noticing

notice

noticed

That's correct!

At this point you may be thinking: A snake in the office? As you can see, in that example, we are talking about an action that overlaps another action.

Which one is correct?:

Leonardo da Vinci begins painting the Mona Lisa in 1503

Leonardo da Vinci began painting the Mona Lisa in 1503

Leonardo da Vinci began painting the Mona Lisa on 1503

That's correct!

Past simple is used when we know from general knowledge that the time period has finished.

¡gREAT JOB!

¡CONGRATULATIONS!

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