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Past continuous/Past simple - cours d'anglais

• The previous action is interrupted by another previous action.

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  Examine the first situation :

  Yesterday, Lisa and Luke played tennis.

  They began at 3.00 p.m

  They finished at 5.00 p.m

  • So, at 4.00, they were playing tennis.

   

• They were playing => they were in the middle of playing.
• ( I, he, she, it + WAS )
or ( we, you, they + WERE ) + Ving
• => PAST CONTINUOUS

 

Examine the second situation :

Jim arrived

(prétérit) 

Conclusion :

• We often use the past simple (preterite) and the past continuous together to say that ...

something happened in the middle of something else.

Other examples :

• Test : choose the past simple or the past continuous according to the meaning of the sentences.
• No contractions in questions.9.