Write sentences using the prompts below and the past continuous. then
identify the use of the past continuous.
simultaneous actions action in progress interrupted by another
action in progress at a stated time in the past
(john/listen muschis parents watch tv)
john was listening to music while his parents
were watching t imultaneous
(rosale/cook/cutfinger)
(lizzy and nadia play basketbal 5 o'clock yesterday)
Past simple active
- He learnt to read at an early age and many books in his childhood.
-When he was six he saw a play by Shakespeare in the theater.
- The great writer died in 1870 at the age of fifty-eight.
Past simple passive
- He was born in Portsmouth in 1812.
- In 1837 it was published and was a huge success.
- He was honoured by his by his contemporaries as a remarkable novelist.
Past progressive
- At the same time he was writing for a verity of magazines.
Past Perfect
- He had worked as a reporter for a few years before his first novells were written and published.
- In these novells he described what he had learnt in his hard childhood.
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