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PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS - Coggle Diagram
PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS
PAST CONTINUOUS
Actions in progress in the past.
PAST SIMPLE
Completed actions in the past.
PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS TOGETHER
Action which happened while another one was in progress.
PAST SIMPLE - Shorter action
PAST CONTINUOUS - Longer action
POSSIBILITIES
PS + PC
One simple action that interrupts an action in progress.
PC + PC
Two activities in progress in the past that happen simultaneously.
PS + PS
Two single actions in the past occur at the same time.
WHILE AND WHEN
WHEN
Before the past simple.
WHILE
Before the past continuous.
WHILE = AS→ While I was walking home...
→As I was walking home...
If a sentence starts with WHEN OR WHILE, we separate the two clauses with a coma.