Simple past Vs. Past continuous

The Simple Past and Past Continuous share the same usage.

• True

• False

The Past Continuous describes:

• single, completed actions or events in the past.

• Actions haven't finished yet.

• actions or situations in progress at a certain time in the past.

• None of them

Answer explanation

The Past Continuous describes actions or situations in progress at a certain time in the past.

The simple past tense describes:

• Unfinished actions in the past.

• single, completed actions or events in the past.

• Finished actions in the future.

• Completed actions in the present.

Answer explanation

The simple past tense describes single, completed actions or events in the past.

The structure to form positive Past Progressive sentences is:

• Subj+ was/were + V1-ing + complement

• Subj + to be + V1 - ing + complement

Answer explanation

The structure to form positive sentences in past progressive is : Subject+ was/were + V1-ing + complement

(V1 base form of the verb) - ing

Example: painting

What are the most common time markers that we use to express the past continuous?

• When

• That

• While

• Whenever

Answer explanation

the most common time markers that we use to express the past continuous are: When and While

We use the time marker "when" when a short past action interrupts a long past action.

• True

• False

What time marker do we use to talk about two long past actions that happen at the same time?

• When

• While

• However

• After

What time marker do we need to use to join these events in the past "Juan was playing the guitar____Maria was singing"?

• while

• when

Can we change the order of the clauses in the past progressive tense?

• Yes, we can.

• No, we cannot.

• sometimes

What do we need to add when we place the dependent clause at the beginning of the sentence when using past continuous?

• A period

• Semicolon

• colon

• comma

Answer explanation

We need to add a comma when we place the dependent clause at the beginning of the sentence when using past-continuous.

Example:

When the power went out, I was watching TV.