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Wed, 10/05/2011 - 07:24 - Chris McCarthy

Here's a quick reminder of the rules of using past simple and past continuous together.

In this sentence there are two verbs:
I was watching television when he arrived.
The first action is a long action - it lasted for a period of time. We therefore use the past continuous.

The second action is a short action that has interrupted the first. So for this we need past simple!

The regular past simple is formed using ' ed' and the past continuous is formed using was/were + past participle.

Now I've reminded you of how to use these tenses, try the exercise below and see if you can decide which verb needs which tense. Good luck!
Lesson by Caroline, English language teacher at EC English

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Wed, 10/05/2011 - 07:24 - Chris McCarthy Here's a quick reminder of the rules of using past simple and past continuous together. In this sentence there are two verbs: I was watching television when he arrived. The first action is a long action - it lasted for a period of time.

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Simple Past or Past Progressive - Online Exercise

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Simple Past or Past Progressive, Online Exercise - Learning English

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Past Simple or Progressive | Online Exercise

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Free English online grammar exercise on the use of past tense simple and progressive, past tense continuous.

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Learn when it’s appropriate to use Simple Past Tense versus Past Progressive Tense.

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Exercise on Simple Past and Past Progressive - ex08 :: Ex08

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Exercise on Simple Past and Past Progressive - ex07 :: Ex07

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Exercise on Simple Past and Past Progressive - ex02 :: Ex02

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Exercise on Simple Past and Past Progressive - English Grammar

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