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Past Simple vs Past Continuous

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    This will help students to distinguish past simple and past continuous.
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  • While _____ (I/drive) to work, I ____ (have) a flat tire.
    I was driving/had
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  • My friends ____(have) coffee when I ___(see) them at Starbucks.
    were having/ saw
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  • When ___ (do/visit) your grandparents?
    did you visit
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  • I ____ (drive) to Oregon from California last year.
    drove
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  • We use simple past to talk about events that ___ and ____ in the past.
    started and ended
    startled and ended
    started and over
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  • We use past continuous to talk about events in ____ in the past.
    profess
    predict
    process
    progress
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  • We use past continuous with __ or ___ to indicate an event interrupted by another event.
    then or that
    when or white
    when or while
    this or that
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