
Past Simple v Past Continuous
"I was watching TV when he was arriving." Do you know why this sentence is incorrect?
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
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- 4 Lessons
- 19 Topics
- 1 Quiz
- Course Certificate
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