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    The document provides information about using the simple past and past progressive tenses in English. It notes that the simple past is used to show completed actions, while the past progressive is used to show actions that were ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the past. It provides examples of when each tense would be used, including cases when two events were happening simultaneously or consecutively. Signal words that are commonly used with each tense are also listed.

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    Past Progressive

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    The document provides information about using the simple past and past progressive tenses in English. It notes that the simple past is used to show completed actions, while the past progressive is used to show actions that were ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the past. It provides examples of when each tense would be used, including cases when two events were happening simultaneously or consecutively. Signal words that are commonly used with each tense are also listed.

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    The document provides information about using the simple past and past progressive tenses in English. It notes that the simple past is used to show completed actions, while the past progressive is used to show actions that were ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the past. It provides examples of when each tense would be used, including cases when two events were happening simultaneously or consecutively. Signal words that are commonly used with each tense are also listed.

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    SIMPLE PAST

    PAST PROGRESSIVE

    Katie Mitchell
    DO YOU WANT TO
    SHOW PROGRESS?
    USE PAST PROGRESSIVE
    WERE TWO THINGS
    HAPPENING AT THE
    SAME TIME?
    USE PAST PROGRESSIVE
    WAS THE EVENT
    FINISHED?
    (NOT IN PROGRESS)
    USE SIMPLE PAST
    The longer (in progress) event is in
    past progressive.

    NOW

    I was studying when my friends arrived.


    This is past progressive.
    Uses
    Simple Past Past Progressive
    • Shows completion • Shows progress
    • Events happening one • Events happening at the
    after another same time
    Signal Words
    Simple Past Past Progressive
    • yesterday • While
    • While I was working, you
    • last year were playing.
    • While I was working, my
    • last month
    mom called.
    • two years ago • When
    • When my mom called, I was
    working.
    SIMPLE PAST IS MORE
    COMMON THAN PAST
    PROGRESSIVE.
    We use simple past much more often in
    conversation and writing.
    Simple Past
    Some verbs are almost NEVER progressive. They describe
    states.
    • Senses (hear, see, taste, smell)
    • Feelings (want, love, hate, need)
    • Thinking (be, know, understand)
    Simple Past or NOW
    Past Progressive?

    TAKE
    SIT

    When I _______________ the picture, the dog _______________.


    Simple Past or NOW
    Past Progressive?

    The
    “sitting”
    was in
    progress.

    took
    When I _______________ was sitting
    the picture, the dog _______________.
    Simple Past or NOW
    Past Progressive?

    EXPLAIN

    NOT
    UNDERSTAND

    When she _______________ the grammar, he _________________.


    Simple Past or NOW
    Past Progressive?

    These events
    happened one
    after another,
    and “understand”
    is never
    progressive.

    explained
    When she _______________ the grammar, he _________________.
    did not understand

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