5.A Accesibilidad - Grammar: Past Simple vs. Past Continuous

did test

sat

went

NOW

E.g., "Yesterday, I went to school, sat in my chair and did the test."

To describe actions that started and finished in the past.

Past Simple

To describe an action that was happening in a given moment in the past.

Past Continuous

NOW

rang

I was studying

It is used to describe a background action (Past Continuous) that is interrupted by something that happened (Past Simple).

E.g., "Yesterday, I was studying, when the phone rang.

Past Simple vs. Past Continuous

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