Simple Past Vs Past Continuous
Simple Past Vs Past Continuous
Simple Past Vs Past Continuous
Chota, 2021
Simple Past vs. Past
Continuous
Use the simple Use the past
past for: continuous for:
1) action that 1) action that was in
happened in the progress at a specific
past and is . . . point in the past
OR
over, done, finished 2) focusing on an
action that continued
for a long time in the
past
Simple Past (Examples)
Action that was completed in the past:
Tom went fishing last week.
I -----(work)until
worked 2:00 p.m. yesterday.
came
My family -------(came)to visit me last
year.
Past Continuous (Examples)
Action that was in progress at a
particular point in the past:
S+
1) Sara worked yesterday.
Sara ---------(work)
didn’t work
yesterday.
Did you work very hard last week? Was she crossing the road?
Examples