Past simple - Past continuo

Past simple and past continuo

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It was terrible!. I was reading a poem ar school when the hurricane hit my house.

Past simple

The past simple is to talk about yourself, other people, animals, or things before now. it is for things that are finished.

   There was a big storm yesterday.

   People did not like going out in it.

   Did the storm start in the morning? 

Past continuo

The past continuous is to say that somebody was in the middle of doing something. it is for a time before now, EJ at six o´clock yesterday, at three o´clock last night. on Saturday last week.

   I was talking to Leonel at sic o´clock yesterday.

   He was not working very hard last weekend.

   Were they visiting friends last Monday?

Past simple and Past continuo

Often when you are in the middle of doing something, another thing, happens. Look at which action starts first:

First action                                              Second action

Past continuo                                             Past simple

Andres was reading a poem when...         the hurricane hit the town

Monica was making a potion when...         the chimney fell off the house       

Use the past continuo for things you were in the middle of doing (First action)

Use the past simple when another thing happens (second action)

   First action: Past continuo                        Second action: Past simple

Andres was watching TV when...                He heard a loud crash 

Monica was talking to a patient when...       The course came in.

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