What is the difference between simple past and past continuous?
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Explanation:
simple past refers to an action completed in the past, and completed in the past.
example: She ate mangoes.
past continuous refers to an action started in the past and being continued.
example: She had been eating mangoes.
Answer:
Simple past:
1. Simply add -ed for regular verbs.
Example: They enter a contest. -> They entered a contest yesterday.
2. For irregular verbs, see the list below.
Simple continuous:
1. For pronouns I, he, she, it, change to was.
Example: I am eating breakfast.-> I was eating breakfast when she came.
He is coming later. ->He was coming when I was out.
She is teaching her students. -> She was teaching her students when he arrived.
2. For pronouns you, we, they, change to were.
Example: You are making a big mess. -> You were making a big mess.
We are helping them. -> We were helping them when you came.
Explanation:
Simple past: A verb tense that is used to talk about things that happened or existed before now.
Simple continuous: Things which are happening at the moment of speaking.
List of common irregular verbs for simple past:
1. be ->was/were
2. have -> had
3. do -> did
4. say -> said
5. get -> got
6. make -> made
7. go -> went
and more.