here are two reading texts teachers or even students can use as good context to get an idea on how to use the past simple alone or with the past progressive.

the past simple is used to express events that started and finished in the past. It is used with the contionuous form to convey a short action that happened while another longer action was in progress in the past

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SIMPLE PAST and PAST PROGRESSIVE

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Let's do English ESL grammar guide. here are two reading texts teachers or even students can use as good context to get an idea on how to use the past simple al…