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What is the differences between the past simple and past continuous?​

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Answer:

Past Simple Tense: Talks about a completed action in time before now

  • She washed her car
  • I saw a horror movie yesterday

Past continuous tense: Past continuous tense is formed from the past using 'to be' with the base of the main verb ending with 'ing'

(Subject + was/were + base +ing)

  • They were watching
  • He was eating

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ANSWER: The past simple describes actions that happened in a specific moment in the past. On the other hand, the past continuous describes actions that were in progress in the past for sure.
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