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talking about the past

Past Simple & Past Continuous

O1

Language

Start

  • David finished his maths HW.
  • I got home and sat down.
  • Maria and Eva visited the lake every day on their holiday.

Reflect

PAST SIMPLE

IS USED TO TALK ABOUT...

  • an action that started and finished in the past.
  • one completed past action after another.
  • a past habit or regular past event.
  • an action in progress in the past.
  • set the scene in a story.

IS USED TO TALK ABOUT...

  • I was eating breakfast at 7.30 this morning.
  • The birds were chirping in the woods...

Reflect

Past continuous

please note that...

We use the past simple for an action that interrupts or happens during another action in progress in the past. for the action in progress, we use the past continuous. Claudette was studying in Prague when she met Catherine. We can use while instead of when, but we place it before the verb in the past continuous. Dan heard the news while he was reading through the local newspaper. When Dan heard the news, he was reading through the local newspaper.

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PRACTICE

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Student's Book - page 129, Exs. 1 to 5

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Visual content is a cross-cutting, universal language, like music. We are able to understand images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.

Visual content is a cross-cutting, universal language, like music. We are able to understand images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.