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Past Simple / Past continuos (Forms of past simple (Affirmative form, She…
Past Simple / Past continuos
Uses of past simple:
Finished time word
Finished time period
Details of news
Actions in stories
Present/future
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Unreal / Imaginary things
Forms of past simple
Affirmative form
She bought cheese
Negative form
She did not / didn't buy cheese
Subject + verb in past tense
Subject+did not / didn't+verb infinitive
Interrogative form
Did+subject+verb infinitive
Did she buy cheese?
Uses of past continuous:
Story background
Overlapping action
Some past habits
Emphasis of length of action
Forms of past continuous
Affirmative form:
He was swimming
Negative form:
He was not / wasn't swimming
Interrogative form:
Was he swimming?
Subject+was / were+verb+ing
Subject+was not / wasn't / were not / weren't+verb (ing)
Did+subject+verb infinitive
Past perfect continuous
How long to a point in the past
Result at a time in the past
Past perfect simple
Action finished before another past action
How long to a point in the past
Unreal things in the past