PAST CONTINUOUS

PAST SIMPLE VS PAST CONTINUOUS The past simple I playedWe brokeShe didnt jumpDid they run?I was sickThey were in the beachThe past continuous I was playingWe were breakingShe wasnt jumpingWere they running?I was being sickThey were sunbathing in the beachPAST SIMPLE USES

It is normally followed by time expressionsYesterday, in 1990, then, whenLast month, last week, last summer3 days ago, some time ago, a week ago PAST CONTINUOUS USES

This tense describesAN ACTION THAT WAS IN PROGRESS AT SOME POINT IN THE PAST. My brother was working yesterday at 7They were doing and exam last Friday at 2:30TWO EVENTS TAKING PLACE AT THE SAME TIME IN THE PASTEllen was cooking while her sister was watching TV

It is normally used with times and expressionsAt 10.00 this morningYesterday evening at 9.00I was eating chocolateShe was studying FrenchAS YOU CAN SEE, THE STRUCTURE IS VERY SIMPLE.

I wasnt studying yesterday at 5 oclockPeter wasnt living in San FranciscoThey werent watching TVWere they watching TV?Was your best friend travelling to Paris?

SUBJECT + WAS/ WERE + GERUND (Verb + ing)GERUND = continuous form of the verb In Spanish= RUN Correr RUNNING- Corriendo

PAST CONTINUOUS AND PAST SIMPLE

We can find different situations

In this last situation you are going to find WHEN and WHILE in the sentences.They usually follow one rule

While I was driving to work, I had an accidentI was having a shower when the phone rangWhat were you doing when I called you last night?

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When she was just a girl she expected the worldBut it flew away from her reach So she ran away in her sleep and dreamed of paradise, Every time she closed her eyes

When she was just a girl she expected the worldBut it flew away from her reach and the bullets catch in her teethLife goes on, it gets so heavy The wheel breaks the butterfly every tears a waterfallIn the night the stormy night she'll close her eyesIn the night the stormy night away she'd fly

And dream of paradise

She'd dream of paradise

And so lying underneath those stormy skiesShe'd say, "Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh I know the sun must set to rise"

This could be paradise

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