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SIMPLE PASTPAST
PROGRESSIVE
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DO YOU WANT TO SHOW PROGRESS?
USE PAST PROGRESSIVE
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WERE TWO THINGS HAPPENING AT THE
SAME TIME?USE PAST PROGRESSIVE
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WAS THE EVENT FINISHED?
(NOT IN PROGRESS)USE SIMPLE PAST
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UsesSimple Past•Shows completion •Events happening one after another
Past Progressive•Shows progress•Events happening at the same time
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Signal WordsSimple Past•yesterday•last year•last month•two years ago
Past Progressive•While
•While I was working, you were playing.
•While I was working, my mom called.
•When•When my mom called, I was working.
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SIMPLE PAST IS MORE COMMON THAN PAST
PROGRESSIVE.We use simple past much more often in
conversation and writing.
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Simple PastSome verbs are almost NEVER progressive. They describe states.•Senses (hear, see, taste, smell)•Feelings (want, love, hate, need)•Thinking (be, know, understand)
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When I _______________ the picture, the dog _______________.
NOWSimple Past orPast Progressive?
TAKESIT
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When I _______________ the picture, the dog _______________.
NOWSimple Past orPast Progressive?
was sittingtook
The “sitting” was in progres
s.
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When she _______________ the grammar, he _________________.
NOWSimple Past orPast Progressive?
EXPLAIN
NOT UNDERSTAN
D
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When she _______________ the grammar, he _________________.
NOWSimple Past orPast Progressive?
explained did not understand
These events happened one after
another, and “understand
” is never progressive.