Как отличить Past Simple от Past Continuous?

Q: Как отличить Past Simple от Past Continuous?

По форме: Past Simple — вторая форма глагола или did , Past Continuous — was или were плюс окончание -ing . Никаких других отличий в форме нет. Найдите was или were Нет — Past Simple. Проверьте окончание следующего слова -ing подтверждает Continuous. Найдите did Он бывает только в Past Simple. Проверьте маркеры While , at five , all day — Continuous. Yesterday , then , ago — Simple. Форма — Время worked, went, saw — Past Simple did not work, did you work? — Past Simple was working, were going — Past Continuous was not working, were you working? — Past Continuous was tired, were ready — Past Simple с to be She worked late yesterday. — Вчера она работала допоздна. She was working when I called. — Она работала, когда я позвонил. Was she working or was she asleep? — Она работала или спала? Короткие ответы Что делать, если глагол неправильный? Ничего особенного: went — Simple, was going — Continuous. Может ли быть did и was в одном предложении? Да, если это разные части: Did you see what he was doing? Какие глаголы не бывают в Continuous? Глаголы состояния.

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Вопрос: Как отличить Past Simple от Past Continuous?

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По форме: Past Simple — вторая форма глагола или did, Past Continuous — was или were плюс окончание -ing. Никаких других отличий в форме нет.

Найдите was или wereНет — Past Simple.
Проверьте окончание следующего слова-ing подтверждает Continuous.
Найдите didОн бывает только в Past Simple.
Проверьте маркерыWhile, at five, all day — Continuous. Yesterday, then, ago — Simple.

Форма	Время
worked, went, saw	Past Simple
did not work, did you work?	Past Simple
was working, were going	Past Continuous
was not working, were you working?	Past Continuous
was tired, were ready	Past Simple с to be