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Past simple - Past progressive

Past simple

 Time expressions : yesterday, three days ago, last year, in 1991

 Affirmative: I, you, we, they, she, he, it -

V2(ed)

 Negative: I,you, she, he - didn’t  - V1

 Interrogative: Did - you, we, she, he - V1?

past simple

 Jane gave the gift to her cousin yesterday.

 Jane didn’t give the gift to her cousin yesterday.

 Did Jane give the gift to her cousin yesterday?

Past Progressive

 Time expressions: when, while, at that moment, yesterday at 6 o’clock

 Affirmative: I, She, He, It , we- was/were + Ving

 Negative: I, She/we - was not/ were not +Ving  Interrogative: Was/Were - she/ they +Ving?

Past progressive

 I was walking when the rain started.  She was not cooking when the mother came

 Were they playing football while we were watching the movie?

We use Past Progressive  for actions that were happening at a specific point of time in the past  E.g. I was watching TV at six oclock yesterday evening  To set the scene in a story:

 E.g. Jill was walking in the forest and it was raining  for actions that were happening at the same time in the past.  E.g. While I was watching TV, my mum was cooking.

We use Past Simple

For short action

We use past simple and progressive in the same sentence whe one action interrupted another in the past We use as soon as with past simple: As soon as they left, we started cleaning up the house