Question

The past continuous (past continuous) expresses the duration of a past action and does not
indicate if it is finished, while the past simple (past simple) refers to a past action that started
and ended in the past.

true or false

Answer 1

Activity 1. THINK and Complete the rules with Past Simple or Past Continuous:

The ________________________ describes an action in progress in the past.

He was running down the street.

The ________________________ describes a finished action in the past.

I saw him.

We can use the past simple and the past continuous together. This is the ‘interrupted past’.

He was running down the street when I saw him.

The ___________________ describes the longer action. The ___________________

describes the shorter action or interruption.​