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    The document discusses the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. It provides examples of each: [1] "I played basketball yesterday" uses the past simple to describe a completed event in the past. [2] "I was playing basketball yesterday at 5pm" uses the past continuous to describe an ongoing event that was happening at a specific time in the past. It then provides guidance on using while and when to link clauses using the two tenses.

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    The document discusses the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. It provides examples of each: [1] "I played basketball yesterday" uses the past simple to describe a completed event in the past. [2] "I was playing basketball yesterday at 5pm" uses the past continuous to describe an ongoing event that was happening at a specific time in the past. It then provides guidance on using while and when to link clauses using the two tenses.

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    The document discusses the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. It provides examples of each: [1] "I played basketball yesterday" uses the past simple to describe a completed event in the past. [2] "I was playing basketball yesterday at 5pm" uses the past continuous to describe an ongoing event that was happening at a specific time in the past. It then provides guidance on using while and when to link clauses using the two tenses.

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    Past simple & Past continuous

    1. Past simple: I played basketball yesterday.

    2. Past continuous: I was playing basketball yesterday at 5 p.m.

    .‫الجملة األولى تخبرنا أن المتكلم قد لعب كرة السلة البارحة وهو حدث منتهي‬

    .‫أما الجملة الثانية تخبرنا أن المتكلم كان يلعب كرة السلة قبل الساعة الخامسة مساء واستمر في اللعب بعدها‬

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    ‫ ) في الربط بين زمني الماضي المستمر والماضي البسيط‬while and when( ‫نستخدم‬

    past simple ‫ تكون في جملة الزمن الماضي‬ when

    My brother was watching TV when I arrived home.


    .When I arrived home, my brother was watching TV

    past continuous ‫ تأتي في بداية جملة زمن الماضي المستمر‬ while

    We saw a big festival while we were driving home.


    .While we were driving home, we saw a big festival

    Put the verbs into the correct form (past continuous).

    1. When I phoned my friend, he___________.  sleep


    2. Last night at midnight, I _______________my car.  drive
    3. The kids ___________________ in the garden at 3 p.m.  play
    4. They______________ football at 9 am this morning.  play/not
    5. Huda ________________ lunch when her mother called her.  cook
    6. It was raining when I _______________ at home yesterday.  arrive
    7. While Carl and John were walking, they ____________ Jack.  meet
    8. Norah _____________ while she was playing tennis.  fall
    9. While he ______________, he fell asleep.  read
    10. My brothers ____________ tennis at 11am yesterday.  play

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