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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Past simple or past continuous
Hello!
Could you please help me?
I would like to know whether I should use the past simple or the past continuous tense when I describe the party i went to or my holidays:
My birthday party was very nice; we were dancing, playing games and singing.
My birthday party was very nice; we danced, played games and sang.
A few minutes later we were swimming in the sea and sunbathing. There was a swimming pool next to our hotel where we were playing with a ball in the water.
A few minutes later we swam in the sea and sunbathed. There was a swimming pool next to our hotel, where we played with a ball in the water.
Thanks a lot for your help.
Could you please help me?
I would like to know whether I should use the past simple or the past continuous tense when I describe the party i went to or my holidays:
My birthday party was very nice; we were dancing, playing games and singing.
My birthday party was very nice; we danced, played games and sang.
A few minutes later we were swimming in the sea and sunbathing. There was a swimming pool next to our hotel where we were playing with a ball in the water.
A few minutes later we swam in the sea and sunbathed. There was a swimming pool next to our hotel, where we played with a ball in the water.
Thanks a lot for your help.
Top answer
Use simple past in your narrative. Past continuous is used of an ongoing action during which another action occurred: We were swimming when suddenly we saw a shark fin!
- Use simple past in your narrative.
- Past continuous is used of an ongoing action during which another action occurred: We were swimming when suddenly we saw a shark fin!
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Use simple past in your narrative.
Past continuous is used of an ongoing action during which another action occurred: We were swimming when suddenly we saw a shark fin!
Past continuous is used of an ongoing action during which another action occurred: We were swimming when suddenly we saw a shark fin!
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is it correct to say when i was in the sea i sunbathed or when i was in the sea i was sunbathing? and why?
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