Past simple and past continuous

Past Simple vs Past continuos

Past Simple

• Finished periods or actions

They lived in London in 2018

key Words : yesteday, last week, last year, a week ago

• Regular and Irregular verbs

live -> lived see -> saw

• Questions use Did

Did you see a movie yesterday?

• Negativies use didn't

I didn't see a movie yesterday

Past Continuous

• Action that was in progress at a time in the past

• was / were + verb-ing

• wasn't / were + verb-ing

What were you doing at 8 o'clock ?

I was eating dinner at 8 o'clock

Were you doing at 8 o'clock ?

Yes, I was

Past Continuous

Past Simple

• Action that was in progress at a time in the past

• Finished periods or actions

• was / were + verb-ing

• regular and irregular verbs

I ate dinner

I was eating dinner at 8 o'clock