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- Past Simple & Past Continuous
- Grammar
- Age 10-9
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level: A2
- English
Author's Instructions
We use the past continuous with the simple past when a long action is interrupted by a short action in the past.
We usually use the word when to join the two actions.
Long action (past continuous) : I was listening to the radio (this action is in progress)
When + short action (simple past) : the doorbell rang. (this action interrupted the first action)
I was listening to the radio when the doorbell rang.
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maxfulcheri
Author's Instructions
We use the past continuous with the simple past when a long action is interrupted by a short action in the past.
We usually use the word when to join the two actions.
Long action (past continuous) : I was listening to the radio (this action is in progress)
When + short action (simple past) : the doorbell rang. (this action interrupted the first action)
I was listening to the radio when the doorbell rang.