Past Simple vs Past Continuous

1. Past Continuous

2. Was/were + Ving

• I ________ (read) a book at 9 pm yesterday.
• They ______ (clean) their house the whole morning yesterday.
• I was reading a book at 9 pm yesterday.
• They were cleaning their house the whole morning yeaterday.

3. Past Simple vs Past Continuous

4.

Past Simple
Past Continuous
Ved/V2
I ______ (play) tennis
yesterday.
I _____ (drink) milk yesterday.
Was/were + Ving
I _____ (play) tennis at 5 pm
yesterday.
I ____ (drink) milk at 9 pm
yesterday.
At … o’clock yesterday - в …
вчера
from … till … yesterday - c …
до …вчера
Yesterday - вчера
Last (week, month) - на
прошлой (неделе, месяце)
Ago - назад
In 1992 - в 1992
When - когда
While - в то время как

5. SENTENCE STRUCTURE

When
Past
simple
,
Past
continous
When he knocked the door, I was cooking dinner.
When I _____ (get) home, my dad _____ (watch) TV.
When Sam _____ (arrive), we _____ (drink) tea.

6. SENTENCE STRUCTURE

While
Past
continous
,
Past
simple
While I was reading a book, telephone rang.
While I _____ (watch) TV, my mom ____ (arrive).
While we ____ (sit) in a café, we ____ (see) Tom.

7.

Put the verbs in brackets into Past Simple or Past Continuous
1. While she ______________ (read) a book, the
phone ______________ (ring).
2. They ______________ (play) football when it
______________ (start) to rain.
3. When I ______________ (wake up), my dad
______________ (cook) breakfast.
4. We ______________ (walk) in the park when we
______________ (see) a squirrel.
5. While he ______________ (clean) the room, his
brother ______________ (break) a vase.
6. She ______________ (write) a letter when her
friend ______________ (arrive).