مدونة التربية و التعليم في الجزائر – دروس، فروض، نتائج امتحانات مدونة التربية والتعليم في الجزائر | تحضير الدروس، فروض واختبارات، نتائج البكالوريا وBEM، مسابقات التوظيف، والتوجيه المدرسي للطلاب وأولياء الأمور.
Past Continuous vs Past Simple
The Past Simple is used for completed actions in the past. The Past Continuous is used for actions in progress at a specific time in the past.
Past Simple
Subject + V2 (past form). I played football yesterday. She watched a film last night. Regular verbs add -ed. Irregular verbs have special forms: go → went, eat → ate, see → saw.
Past Continuous
Subject + was/were + V-ing. I was reading at 8 PM. They were playing when I arrived. Use for: actions in progress at a specific past time, interrupted actions, two parallel actions.
Using Both Together
When one action interrupts another: Past Continuous (long action) + when + Past Simple (short action). Example: I was watching TV when the phone rang. While + Past Continuous, Past Simple. Example: While I was walking home, I met Ali.
Exercises
Choose the correct tense: 1- I (was reading / read) when he (was coming / came). 2- They (were playing / played) football at 3 PM yesterday.
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