PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS

Rule: -A: S+ R.V.: V-ed

I.V.: F2

-I: Did+ S+ V ?

-N: S+ didn’t+ V

-It expresses:

A)a PAST and FINISHED action at a certain moment or a period in the past.

Eg;In that moment I stood up, I turned pff the tape recorder/cassette player, I sat
again and I didn’t say anything else/I said nothing.

B)a TYPICAL SITUATION in the past which is no longer available in the present.

Eg;In those times people leaved very hard/in difficult conditions.

In the Middle Ages the people didn’t knew the advantages of the electric
power/electricity.

Rule: -A: S+ was/were+ V-ing

-I: Was/were+ S+ V-ing

-N: S+ was/were+ not+V-ing

-It expresses:

-a PAST action, perceived in PROGRESS at a certain moment in the past.

!Attention
1.Yesterday, while I was retourning from job/work/1 a serious car
accident/crash happened/took place./2

2.Yesterday, while I was retourning from job/1 I was thinking/2 about how I
could help him in his problem./3

1.while+ Past Cont.1+ Past S.2

simultaneous actions but one interrupts the other one which fishes in
that very moment.

2.while+ Past Cont.1+ Past Cont.2

simultaneous actions and both of them are in progress.