This flashcard explains the use of past continuous for ongoing actions and past simple for completed actions in the past.
Ce flashcard explique l'utilisation du prétérit continu pour les actions en cours et du prétérit simple pour les actions terminées dans le passé.
| Task | - I __________ (to wait) for your call for hours! - Sorry, I ________ (to watch) TV from 7 till 10 o'clock last night and simply ________ (to forget) to call you. |
|---|---|
| Answer | 2 |
| a | waited / watched / forgot |
| b | was waiting / was watching / forgot |
| c | waited / was watching / forgot |
| d | had waited / watched / forgot |
| comment | 1, 2. We use the Past Continuous to show that some action was in progress at a certain time in the past - was watching TV from 7 till 10 o'clock. 3. We use the Past Simple for actions which were finished in the past - forgot |
| topic | past tenses |
| level | 2 |
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