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Teaching past simple and past continuous , ?

Teaching past simple and past continuous , .

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Past Continuous and Past Simple1. The most common use of thepast continuoustense is to talk about something that was happening around a particular time in the past. What were you doing at 8 o’clock last night? I was watching television.

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Past Continuous and Past Simple1.

The most common use of thepast continuoustense is to talk about something that was happening around a particular time in the past.

What were you doing at 8 o’clock last night?

I was watching television.

I started watching television before 8 o’clock and I continued watching it after 8 o’clock.

In 1994 he was working in a small town in Poland.

At 6 o’clock on Saturday morning we were travelling to the airport.

2. We often use thepast continuousand thepast simpletense together.

When this happens, thepast continuousdescribes a longer, ‘background’ action or situation and thepast simpledescribes the action or events.