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    The document contrasts the use of the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. It explains that the past simple is used to describe finished actions in the past, while the past continuous describes actions that were in progress at a specific moment in the past or interrupted actions. It provides examples of using these tenses in the affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms. It also discusses using the past simple and past continuous together in sentences with time connectors like "when" and "while", and provides rules for their use. The goal is for readers to be able to use these tenses to describe their past experiences such as last vacations.

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    Contrast the use between


    Past Simple and Past Continuous
    affirmative, negative and interrogative form


    Presentation / Objective

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    The past sentences are very important. Due to the fact, that they allow us to describe actions or past events in history.

    The past simple describes actions that happened in a specific moment in the past. On the other hand, the past continuous
    describes actions that were in progress in the past.

    In this topic, you will learn the difference between the past simple and the past continuous in the affirmative, negative and
    interrogative form, and describe actions that took place in your life. At the same time, you will be able to talk and write about
    your last vacations and contrast finished actions, mention the actions that were in progress in an specific moment, and finally
    mention those actions that were happening simultaneously.

     Swipe left or right 

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    Objective

    At the end of this topic you will:


    Use the past simple and past continuous, describing short stories about your last vacation, in order to give
    information in the past and to talk about actions that were in progress.

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    Content
    Past Simple
    The past tenses are important because they describe actions that took place in our lives.

    The past simple is used to talk about finished actions in the past.

    Examples:
    I traveled to Cancun last summer.
    I visited the National Anthropology Museum.

    Affirmative 

    Negative 

    Interrogative 

    Wh-questions 

    Past Continuous 

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    The past continuous is used to describe an action in progress at a specific moment in the past, or to describe
    those actions that were interrupted by a short action in the past.

    Example
    I was watching the game last Saturday at ten o’clock.

    A rmative Negative Interrogative Wh-questions

    A rmative
    For the past continuous (affirmative) we use:

    I was watching the game


    You were watching the game
    He was watching the game
    She was watching the game
    It was watching the game
    You were watching the game
    We were watching the game
    They were watching the game

    Were is used for the plural pronouns and was is used for the singular pronouns.

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    Past Simple or Past Continuous


    We often use the past continuous and the past simple in the same sentence. The action in the past
    simple is short and usually unexpected. It interrupts the “longer” action which is usually in a past
    continuous form.
    For example:

    What were you doing when the plane landed?

    I was looking in my bag for my passport when I heard a shout.

    We jumped into a car that was waiting for the bus stop

    I was watching TV while my wife was sleeping.

    When we have a sentence in past simple and another in past continuous we often use when and while,
    but we have to take into consideration the following rules.

      Rule Examples

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    When I took the photo, the kids were


    playing.
    When When is followed by a sentence in past simple.
    The kids were playing when I took
    the photo.

    While I was having dinner, my father


    arrived.
    While is followed by a sentence in past
    continuous.
    My father arrived while I was having
    dinner.
    While
    While I was watching TV my mother
    was cooking.
    While is also used when two actions are
    happening simultaneously.
    I was watching TV while my mother
    was cooking.

    Reading

    Activity 1
    Something to remember

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    We really enjoy sharing our travelling experiences; we talk about


    them with our family and friends.
    Nowadays, this information can be read by people that we don’t even know. Due to the fact, that we post this
    information on the web.

    Read how Natasha and Bruno’s family spend the last vacations in the blog "My last vacation
    (img/mylastvacations.pdf)".

    Adam, R. (2007). Alpes [Photography].


    Taken from https://goo.gl/LqrjzS

    Activity 1


    Listening

    Activity 2
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