Hi there!
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a. We were going out a lot. We don't do that anymore.
b. I loved going to the swimming pool when I was a kid.
c. While I was eating mom sat beside me, reading.
d. I always visited my aunt when I lived in Bristol.
e. Tom was driving his car on the highway when he heard a terrible roar of thunder.
f. They told her about the letter an hour ago.
g. Mom was a doctor when she was younger.
h. It was a warm summer night. The moon shone brightly and the wind blew gently.
i. We saw Tina last weekend.
j. At this time yesterday I was swimming in the Adriatic sea, and now I am here, working!
k. Shakeaspeare wrote 37 plays.
l. We went skiing twice a year when my grandfather was alive.
m. Michael Jackson composed a lot of songs.
n. First we cooked the meal and then we sat down to eat.
o. I told the detective that at 3 p.m. you were sleeping in your room.
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Check this out for more explanation.
to see | saw | seen
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infinitive | simple past | past participle
We saw Tina last weekend.
to cry | finished | finished
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infinitive |simple past | past participle
I finished the homework yesterday.
1. Past simple: Subject+verb-ed/irregular verb (the 2nd form of the verb).
- used for past habits or states, whether continued or repeated:
I loved going to the swimming pool when I was a kid.
Mom was a doctor when she was younger.
- used with periods of time that have finished:
Shakeaspeare wrote 37 plays.
Michael Jackson composed a lot of songs.
- used for finished actions with time words like a year ago, last weekend, yesterday, last Monday, an hour ago, at 3 p.m. etc. :
They told her about the letter an hour ago.
We saw Tina last weekend.
2. Past Continous (Past Progressive) Subject+modal be+verb-ing.
At this time yesterday I was swimming in the Adriatic sea, and now I am here, working!
- used for actions that were in progress during a period of time in the past:
I told the detective that at 3 p.m. you were sleeping in your room.
- used to give background information:
At this time yesterday I was swimming in the Adriatic sea, and now I am here, working!
- often used with Past Simple to emphasize the fact that smth happened in the middle of smth else:
While I was eating mom sat beside me, reading.
Tom was driving his car on the highway when he heard a terrible roar of thunder.
