Past Simple & Past Continuous THEORY and ACTIVITIES.

We use the Past Simple to talk about finished actions in the Past:

– We visited our grandparents last weekend.

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We use the Past Continuous to talk about an activity in progress in a particular moment in the Past:

– Last Saturday at 10.00 pm we were visiting our grandparents.

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We can use both tenses, Past Simple and Past Continuous, in the same sentence, and here we will find that something suddenly happens when an activity is in process:

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– We were waiting for the bus, when the accident happened.

(Estábamos esperando el autobús, cuando ocurrió el accidente.)

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– When my mother arrived, I was watching TV.

(Cuando mi madre llegó, estaba viendo la tele).

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– The students were speaking, when the teacher came in.

(Los alumnos estaban hablando, cuando el profesor entró).

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If you want to learn more about Past Tenses Structures, please click on the previous sections:

– Past Simple.

– Past Continuous or Progressive.

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