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Language Simple Past and Past Continuous - Coggle Diagram
Language Simple Past
and
Past Continuous
Simple Past
Shorter action
She run and she hid.
First one happened and then happened the other.
Completed action or repeated actions.
Past continuous + past continuous
Ex:
Ex: I was walking home wen i heared a noise.
Ex: I was walking home, and someone was following me.
Past Continuous + Simple Past
While
she was walking back home, she heard some
footsteps behind her.
When
elissa was hiding the fotsteps stopped.
Ex:While,when,us
Ex: while, were.
As
she was running, she saw a cementry.
She turned around to look.
She heard some footsteps behind her
while
she was walking back home.
She realized the streets weren't empty.
Elissa
was
at home watching TV
when
her phone rang.
As she was leaving her office.
Past Continuous
Longer action
Multiple actions happening at the same time.
Background event.
Action still progress in the past.
Past Simple
Elissa was working late at the officce
A shorter action.
Staments
Wh/how + was/were + subject(-ing)+...+?
Was+ Elissa + working+ late+ ?
Elissa + was + working + late