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II- Grammar 1

        Past Simple                     Past Continuous

Usage :1-Actions that       Usage :1- Actions that were in progress

started and finished in the at a certain time in the past:

past                           * At three o’clock yesterday,

        *Peter studied      Ahmed was playing chess.

English yesterday.          2- Talk about two or more actions that

2- Past habits and          were in progress at the same time and we

routines:                   use for them (and / while):

        *I played football     *I was playing Tennis and Jessie

every day when I was at was studying English.

school                      3-To describe a scene in a story:

3-Actions that happened        *The sun was shining, and the

one after another in the    children were playing when they suddenly
                            see a monster.

past:                       4-To talk about an action that was in

        *Ahmed walked to    progress in the past but was interrupted
                            by another action we use for them (while

school, met his friend and /as/ just as OR when ):

studied together.                        * She was studying when the
                            Phone rang

Key words: yesterday /         *While Ahmed was walking , he

the day before yesterday / met his friend.

last week / last year / last Key words : all day yesterday / at 7

month / a week ago / 2      o’clock yesterday / this time last year/

hours ago / in 2007 / last from nine to five o’clock/ when / while /

summer / on 20th of April as / just as

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