PAST SIMPLE	PAST CONTINUOUS
Użycie	Czynności i wydarzenia zakończone lub mające miejsce w określonym momencie w przeszłości Np. I went to the cinema yesterday.	Czynności i wydarzenia trwające w danym momencie w przeszłości Np. Yesterday I was watching TV. Czynności będące tłem dla innych wydarzeń w przeszłosci. Np. While I was having a bath, the telephone rang.
Tworzenie pytań	I worked. Did I work? Did he work?	I was working. Was I working? Were you working?
Tworzenie przeczeń	I worked. I didn't work.	I was working. I wasn't working You weren't working.
Typowe określiniki	Yesterday Last week Five days ago When I was a child In 1987	From 10 o'clock to 3 o'clock. All day yesterday, This time yesterday. At that moment
Inne	Odmiana czasowników regularnych : Stop- stopped Like- liked Fry- fried Dry-dried	Odmiana czasownika “was/were” przez osoby: I was You were He, she, it was We were You were They were

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