Question

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

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

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.