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    The document discusses how to use the past continuous and simple past tenses together with connectors like "when", "as", and "while". It provides examples like "Tomas was walking to school when he saw a cat on a tree" and "As they were cleaning the house, a car crashed against a tree". It also asks to change the order of clauses in an example sentence.

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    The document discusses how to use the past continuous and simple past tenses together with connectors like "when", "as", and "while". It provides examples like "Tomas was walking to school when he saw a cat on a tree" and "As they were cleaning the house, a car crashed against a tree". It also asks to change the order of clauses in an example sentence.

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    The document discusses how to use the past continuous and simple past tenses together with connectors like "when", "as", and "while". It provides examples like "Tomas was walking to school when he saw a cat on a tree" and "As they were cleaning the house, a car crashed against a tree". It also asks to change the order of clauses in an example sentence.

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    Past Continuous 3

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    The document discusses how to use the past continuous and simple past tenses together with connectors like "when", "as", and "while". It provides examples like "Tomas was walking to school when he saw a cat on a tree" and "As they were cleaning the house, a car crashed against a tree". It also asks to change the order of clauses in an example sentence.

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    PAST CONTINUOUS

    3
    The children were cleaning the house Alan was driving his car AND listening to music.
    WHILE
    their mother was cooking pasta.

    Max and Rita were watching TV AND eating pop-


    Anna was studying biology corn.
    WHILE
    her brothers were playing football.
    SIMPLE PAST – PAST CONTINUOUS

    Duration of the action


    Past Continuous

    Anna was reading a book

    WHEN
    WHILE
    AS

    The telephone rang


    Interruption
    Past Action
    How can we use the SIMPLE PAST and
    the PAST CONTINUOUS together?

    Anna was reading the book WHEN the telephone rang.

    Duration Connector Interruption=


    =
    Past Continuous Simple Past

    AS Anna was reading the book , the telephone rang.

    WHILE Anna was reading the book , the telephone rang.


    How can we use the CONNECTORS and
    the SIMPLE PAST and PAST CONTINUOUS together?

    WHEN the telephone rang , Anna was reading the book.

    Simple Past Past Continuous

    The telephone rang AS Anna was reading the book .

    The telephone rang WHILE Anna was reading the book.

    WHEN SIMPLE PAST

    AS PAST CONTINUOUS

    WHILE PAST CONTINUOUS


    How can we use the CONNECTORS and
    the SIMPLE PAST and PAST CONTINUOUS together?

    Anna was reading the book WHEN the telephone rang.

    AS Anna was reading the book, the telephone rang.

    WHILE Anna was reading the book, the telephone rang

    WHEN SIMPLE PAST

    AS PAST CONTINUOUS

    WHILE PAST CONTINUOUS


    Let’s see some examples…

    Tomas was walking to school


    WHEN
    he saw a cat on a tree.

    AS they were cleaning the house,


    a car crashed against a tree.

    WHILE Alice was Can you change the order


    cooking, of the clauses…?
    she burnt her hand

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