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Past Progressive

The document provides information about using the simple past and past progressive tenses in English. It notes that the simple past is used to show completed actions, while the past progressive is used to show actions that were ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the past. It provides examples of when each tense would be used, including cases when two events were happening simultaneously or consecutively. Signal words that are commonly used with each tense are also listed.

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Past Progressive

The document provides information about using the simple past and past progressive tenses in English. It notes that the simple past is used to show completed actions, while the past progressive is used to show actions that were ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the past. It provides examples of when each tense would be used, including cases when two events were happening simultaneously or consecutively. Signal words that are commonly used with each tense are also listed.

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SIMPLE PAST

PAST PROGRESSIVE

Katie Mitchell
DO YOU WANT TO
SHOW PROGRESS?
USE PAST PROGRESSIVE
WERE TWO THINGS
HAPPENING AT THE
SAME TIME?
USE PAST PROGRESSIVE
WAS THE EVENT
FINISHED?
(NOT IN PROGRESS)
USE SIMPLE PAST
The longer (in progress) event is in
past progressive.

NOW

I was studying when my friends arrived.


This is past progressive.
Uses
Simple Past Past Progressive
• Shows completion • Shows progress
• Events happening one • Events happening at the
after another same time
Signal Words
Simple Past Past Progressive
• yesterday • While
• While I was working, you
• last year were playing.
• While I was working, my
• last month
mom called.
• two years ago • When
• When my mom called, I was
working.
SIMPLE PAST IS MORE
COMMON THAN PAST
PROGRESSIVE.
We use simple past much more often in
conversation and writing.
Simple Past
Some verbs are almost NEVER progressive. They describe
states.
• Senses (hear, see, taste, smell)
• Feelings (want, love, hate, need)
• Thinking (be, know, understand)
Simple Past or NOW
Past Progressive?

TAKE
SIT

When I _______________ the picture, the dog _______________.


Simple Past or NOW
Past Progressive?

The
“sitting”
was in
progress.

took
When I _______________ was sitting
the picture, the dog _______________.
Simple Past or NOW
Past Progressive?

EXPLAIN

NOT
UNDERSTAND

When she _______________ the grammar, he _________________.


Simple Past or NOW
Past Progressive?

These events
happened one
after another,
and “understand”
is never
progressive.

explained
When she _______________ the grammar, he _________________.
did not understand

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