PAST CONTINUOUS VS PAST SIMPLE

Past continuous vs past simple

Past continuous VS past simple

We use the past simple to talk about an action or situation in the past that finished and is over

We often use the past continuous to talk about an action that was in progresswhen another action happened

He walked home yesterday (=a finished action)

He was walking home at 5:00pm yesterday (=an action that was in progress when another action happened)

He was swimming across the river when a crocodile atacked him

A crocodile atacked him while he was swimming

We usually use WHILE before a past continuous verb and WHEN before a past simple verb

While he was biking across de desert, he had an accident

He was biking across the desert when he had an accident

We usually use WHILE before a past continuous verb and WHEN before a past simple verb

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