PAST SIMPLE AND CONTINUOUS

PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS

The past simple and past continuous tenses are both used to talk about actions or events that occurred in the past, but they are used in different ways and have different meanings.

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PAST SIMPLE

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PAST SIMPLE

The past simple tense is used for actions or events that are completed and happened at a specific point in the past. -"She went to the store when she realized she was out of milk." (Two RTHseparate actions in the past.) -"He bought a new car because his old one broke down." (Past simple is used to describe the completed actions of buying and breaking down.)

PAST CONTINUOUS

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Esto es un párrafo listo para contener creatividad, experiencias e historias geniales.

PAST CONTINUOUS

The past continuous tense is used to describe actions or events that were ongoing or in progress at a specific point in the past. "She was reading a book when the phone rang." (Past continuous shows that reading was in progress when the phone rang.) "As I was walking to the park, I saw my friend." (Past continuous emphasizes that walking was ongoing when the sighting occurred.)

As, when or while?

As, when and while are conjunctions. In some uses as, when and while can mean the same, but they can also have slightly different meanings. We use them to introduce subordinate clauses. We can use as, when and while to mean ‘during the time that’, to connect two events happening at the same time: Another coach-load of people arrived as we were leaving.

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While is used to indicate longer actions that overlap with other long actions: He was walking home while the thieves prepared the heist.

When serves to indicate short actions that enter the middle of a longer action: He was walking home when he heard the explosion.

Unlike like, as is followed by a subject and a verb. Examples: Daniel worked hard on the project, as he always does

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/grammar/a1-a2-grammar/past-continuous-past-simple

PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS

https://www.superprof.es/apuntes/idiomas/ingles/gramatica-inglesa/verb-tense/past-simple-and-past-continuous.html

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/es/gramatica/gramatica-britanica/as-when-or-while

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