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Past continuous and telling a story
Un tempo dipinge lo sfondo, l'altro ci lascia cadere dentro l'evento.
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Past continuous · lo sfondo
Already going on. It sets the scene and has no clear beginning or end.
- I was cooking dinner.
- It was raining.
- They were waiting outside.
- She was living in Berlin that year.
Past simple · l'evento
A complete fact that lands inside the scene, or a chain of facts one after another.
- The phone rang.
- He arrived.
- I dropped the plate.
- She moved to Berlin in 2019.
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| Tense | Job in the story | Typical signal |
| past continuous | background, already going on | while, all morning, at eight |
| past simple | the event that happens | when, suddenly, then |
| both continuous | two things overlapping | while … was …ing |
| both simple | a chain of events in order | then, after that, and |
| state verbs | never continuous, even in the past | know, want, understand |
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