Past simple & continuous

He watch the news?

Did he watch the news?

Did he watched the news?

He watched the news?

They didn't live in London

They don't live in London

They not lived in London

They didn't lived in London

Repeated actions

Completed actions in the past

Parallel actions

Series of completed actions

We stayed awake all night

When I was a child I played the guitar

Last weekend we had dinner together

When I phoned my friends, they PLAYING monopoly.

When I phoned my friends, they WAS PLAYING monopoly.

When I phoned my friends, they WERE PLAY monopoly.

When I phoned my friends, they WERE PLAYING monopoly.

WERE PRACTICING

WAS PRACTICING

PRACTICED

PRACTICING

I tried to tell them the truth but they WEREN'T LISTENING

I tried to tell them the truth but they WASN'T LISTENING

I tried to tell them the truth but they DIDN'T LISTENING

I tried to tell them the truth but they WEREN'T LISTENED

The kid DIDN'T RUNNING in the garden when it began to rain.

The kid WEREN'T RUNNING in the garden when it began to rain.

The kid DIDN'T RUN in the garden when it began to rain.

The kid WASN'T RUNNING in the garden when it began to rain.

What you were doing yesterday?

What were you doing yesterday?

What was you doing yesterday?

What were you do yesterday?

Was she having

Were she having

She was having

She were having

Completed actions in the past

Repeated actions

Parallel actions

Series of completed actions

I was cooking when he arrived home

I was cooking while he was studying

I was playing while my sister was listening to music

I was driving home when the police stopped me

When I was a child I was always helping my mother