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Past simple and past
continuous 2.5-6
a Study these rules.
*We use the past simple to describe a
completed action in the past. We use the
past continuous to describe an action that
is incomplete when another action
happens.
Examples
While I was having lunch, the phone rang.
I put down my fork and went to answer it.
b This was Kim's week. Put the verbs in
brackets into the correct tense.
1 On Monday, Kim Got AP . (get up)
late. As she
house, she
She
(leave) the
(see) the bus.
(miss) it. When she
(arrive) at work, her first two
customers .............. (wait) impatiently.
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