Past Continuous is used for the ongoing action ('were walking') and Past Simple for the interrupting action ('started' rain, 'got' cold).
Se usa el Pasado Continuo para la acción en curso ('were walking') y el Pasado Simple para la acción que interrumpe ('started' rain, 'got' cold).
| Task | We ________ (to walk) in the park when the rain (to start). There _______ (to be) no place to hide nearby. So we _______ (to get) cold that day. |
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| Answer | 2 |
| a | were walking / had started / was / got |
| b | were walking / started / was / got |
| c | walked / were starting / was / had got |
| d | were walking / was starting / had been / got |
| comment | 1,2. To describe the situation when one action was in progress and the second one interrupted it we use two tenses: the Past Continuous for the longer action and the Past Simple for the shorter one. 3,4 We use the Past Simple to talk about short simple actions which were finished in the past. |
| topic | past tenses |
| level | 2 |
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