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simple past and continuous tense

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  • Change to Past Continuous: I cleaned my room last night.
    ➡️ I was cleaning my room last night
  • Change to Past Simple: I was writing while my brother watched TV.
    ➡️ I wrote while my brother watched TV.
  • Change to Past Continuous: The boys played football when I saw them.
    ➡️ The boys were playing football when I saw them.
  • Change to Past Simple: The children were shouting loudly.
    ➡️ The children shouted loudly.
  • Change to Past Continuous: We watched TV yesterday evening.
    ➡️ We were watching TV yesterday evening.
  • Mereka sedang menonton TV saat listrik padam.
    Answer: They were watching TV when the electricity went out.
  • Combine into Past Continuous with while: The students wrote notes. The teacher explained the lesson.
    ➡️ The students were writing notes while the teacher was explaining the lesson.
  • Change to Past Continuous: They studied English when the teacher came.
    ➡️ They were studying English when the teacher came.
  • Change to Past Simple: He was listening to music when I came.
    He listened to music when I came.
  • Change to Past Simple: He was eating while his mother cooked.
    ➡️ He ate while his mother cooked.
  • Combine into Past Continuous + Past Simple: We ate dinner. It rained heavily outside.
    ➡️ We were eating dinner when it rained heavily outside.
  • Change to Past Continuous: She read a book yesterday.
    She was reading a book yesterday.
  • Change to Past Simple: We were walking home when it rained.
    ➡️ We walked home when it rained.
  • Change to Past Continuous: She sang when I entered the room.
    ➡️ She was singing when I entered the room.
  • Change to Past Simple: They were playing football in the yard.
    ➡️ They played football in the yard.
  • Combine into Past Continuous with while: I played the piano. My brother sang.
    I was playing the piano while my brother was singing.
  • Combine into Past Continuous + Past Simple with when: She read a novel. Her phone rang.
    ➡️ She was reading a novel when her phone rang.
  • Mereka sedang belajar ketika hujan turun.
    Answer: They were studying when it rained.
  • Kemarin sore saya sedang membaca buku ketika teman saya datang.
    Answer: Yesterday afternoon, I was reading a book when my friend came.
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