

Past Simple Vs Past Continuous
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7th Grade
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SARAH Moe
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Past Simple Vs Past Continuous

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Poll
Can you identify past simple and past continuous?
Yes
No
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Multiple Choice
I went to the shop and bought some apples.
What type of sentence is this?
Past Simple
Past Continuous
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Multiple Choice
I was reading a novel at nine o'clock this morning.
What type of sentence is this?
Past Simple
Past Continuous
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Past Simple
We use past simple to talk about past routines and habits, actions which happened one after the other in the past and actions or situations which started and finished in the past.
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Examples
I went to the cinema yesterday.
I always visited my grandparents every school holidays when I was small.
Natalie went to the shop, bought a pizza and took it home.
Jane had croissants for breakfast every day when she was in France.
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Past Continuous
The past continuous shows us that the action was already in progress at a certain time in the past and also an activity was in progress for some time, not just for a moment.
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Examples
What were you doing at 8 p.m. last night? I was studying.
We were cleaning the house all morning.
She couldn't come to the party. She was working.
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Multiple Choice
I _____ my new job yesterday.
started
was starting
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Multiple Choice
What _____ at around 8 a.m. this morning?
did you do?
were you doing
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Multiple Choice
He didn't hear the phone ring. He _____ to really loud music.
listened
was listening
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Multiple Choice
I didn't buy anything. They _____ the shop when I got there.
already closed
were already closing
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Multiple Choice
The teacher told us to stop what we _____.
did
were doing
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Multiple Choice
_____ what you were looking for in the library yesterday?
Did you find
Were you finding
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Multiple Choice
When I heard the phone ring, I _____ it straight away.
answered
was answering
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Homework
1. Copy the notes from the slides (Past Simple and Past Continuous) in your exercise book.
2. Turn to page 21 (Textbook) and complete Task F & G in your exercise book.
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