Past Simple v Past Continuous

B1.1 Pre-Intermediate, Grammar,

Past Simple v Past Continuous

"I was watching TV when he was arriving." Do you know why this sentence is incorrect?

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Past Simple v Past Continuous
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Course Facts

Level Pre-Intermediate
Prerequisites: Past simple tense, past continuous tense
2.5 hours of activities*
30 minutes of video content
16 downloadable resources
5 self-study activities

* When all activities are completed thoroughly with 10 minutes allocated to each self-study activity.

Course Objectives

To understand the situations when the past simple and past continuous tenses are required
To use the past simple and the past continuous in the affirmative, negative, question and short response forms
To identify keywords that are used in the past simple and past continuous tenses and use them correctly
To avoid common mistakes that learners make in the past simple and past continuous
To be able to decide whether to use the past simple or past continuous tense according to the content of a sentence

Course Features

Notes Tool

Make notes on any course page to download to Microsoft Word or print. All your notes are stored in your online diary.

Social Group

Join our course social group to connect to other learners, message them and engage in forums.

Translator

Use our built-in translator to translate anything into your own language.

Support

Ask our teachers anything English-related using our online messaging tool.

Transcripts

View transcripts for all our video lessons to understand everything that our teachers say.

Downloads

Download numerous resources including flashcards, worksheets and games to practise.

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Past Simple v Past Continuous Introduction 3 Topics

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Past Simple v Past Continuous Course Syllabus 5min

Read an extensive course syllabus that explains what each activity is, how to complete it and how it will help you improve your understanding of the past simple and past continuous tenses.

Past Simple v Past Continuous Course Objectives 5min

We set out the key objectives for this course so you can identify what you need to learn. We provide a downloadable checklist that you can print out to check off the points as you go through the course.

Past Simple v Past Continuous Tense Introduction 5min

A presentation that explains what tenses are, why we need them and how the tense system works in English. As well as a presentation, you can test yourself using our interactive question and answer flashcards.

Past Simple v Past Continuous Grammar 8 Topics | 1 Quiz

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Past Simple v Past Continuous Grammar Introduction 10min

Before starting the grammar section of this course, we provide you with all the correct materials. This includes the slides used in our grammar presentations with notes lines and an interactive worksheet, which you can answer whilst watching the videos. We provide the correct answers to this interactive worksheet too and point you to our grammar forum, where you can ask any questions about the correct grammar of the past simple and past continuous tenses.

Past Simple v Past Continuous Use 14min

This grammar video compares the key situations when the past simple and past continuous tenses are required. We provide numerous examples of each situation and draw timelines so you can clearly see the differences between the two tenses. You have access to a downloadable list of the most common stative verbs.

Past Simple v Past Continuous Affirmative 3min

This grammar video puts the affirmative forms of the past simple and past continuous tenses side-by-side so you can clearly see the differences. You also have access to a downloadable printout that summarises the information in this video.

Past Simple v Past Continuous Negative 3min

This grammar video puts the negative forms of the past simple and past continuous tenses side-by-side so you can clearly see the differences. You also have access to a downloadable printout that summarises the information in this video.

Past Simple v Past Continuous Questions 3min

This grammar video puts the question forms of the past simple and past continuous tenses side-by-side so you can clearly see the differences. You also have access to a downloadable printout that summarises the information in this video.

Past Simple v Past Continuous Short Responses 4min

This grammar video puts the short response forms of the past simple and past continuous tenses side-by-side so you can clearly see the differences. You also have access to a downloadable printout that summarises the information in this video.

Past Simple v Past Continuous Keywords 2min

This grammar video puts the keywords of the past simple and past continuous tenses side-by-side so you can see the differences and avoid any mix-up. You can download a summary page with the keywords in both tenses.

Past Simple v Past Continuous Common Mistakes 5min

Through experience, we have collected information about the most common mistakes that learners make when trying to decide between the past simple and past continuous tenses. We present our top 4 and explain how you can avoid them yourself.

Past Simple v Past Continuous Quiz

This quiz tests your ability to use the past simple and past continuous tenses side-by-side. As well as using the correct form and structure, you must decide which of the tenses is more suitable in each situation. You will receive your results immediately after with detailed answers and explanations and you can repeat the quiz as many times as you wish. Your first result will be added to our course leaderboard so you can compare your score to our other course learners.

Past Simple v Past Continuous Self-Study 5 Topics

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Past Simple v Past Continuous Conversation Questions 10min

Conversation is normally the reason why we learn grammar. We provide a list of the most typical conversation questions in the past simple and past continuous tenses and you have access to our conversation forum where you can write answers to these questions. We also provide you with access to our private Flipgrid community where you can upload videos of yourself answering these questions and listen to other learners' answers.

Past Simple v Past Continuous News Story 10min

Both the past simple tense and the past continuous tense are used to talk about past events, particularly in news stories. Using our online forum, you can tell us about some important news stories that have recently happened in your hometown, city or country and use the past simple and past continuous tense to inform us.

Past Simple v Past Continuous Finish The Story 10min

Use our starting phrases to form a sentence using your own creativity. As well as practising the past simple and past continuous tenses, youâ€™ll get to review your general English grammar, vocabulary and structure skills in this activity.

Past Simple v Past Continuous Keywords Flashcards 10min

You will learn in the keywords video that each tense uses only certain keywords. Using our set of flashcards, select a keyword at random and create various sentences using this keyword correctly.

Past Simple v Past Continuous Liar! Liar! 10min

You must imagine that you have been caught red-handed doing a series of activities. We ask you to explain what you were doing and why. You will require both the past simple and past continuous tenses to explain yourself.

Past Simple v Past Continuous Summary 3 Topics

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Past Simple v Past Continuous Review Booklet 5min

This review booklet summarises everything learnt in this course. We dedicate an entire page to the past simple tense, one to the past continuous tense and one that puts both tenses side-by-side so you can see how each of them is used.

Past Simple v Past Continuous Learning Outcomes 5min

We list the objectives of this course and your achievements, so you can see how much you have progressed by taking our course.

Past Simple v Past Continuous Course Feedback 5min

We always appreciate any feedback from our learners. Here you have the chance to fill in an optional questionnaire telling us what you liked and didn't like so we can keep on improving for our future learners.

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Course Includes

4 Lessons
19 Topics
1 Quiz
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