Past Simple Usage Quiz

Past Simple is used for past facts or generalizations. Example: "She loved to read historical novels."

Use Past Simple to indicate an action in the past that was interrupted (often by another past simple action).

Use Past Continuous to describe an ongoing action that was happening at a specific moment in the past.

Past Simple is appropriate for a sequence of actions in the past.

Past Continuous is used for actions that happened immediately one after another in the past.

Use Past Continuous to set the scene in the past, often followed by a past simple action. Example: "It was raining when I left the house."

Use Past Continuous to describe two or more parallel actions happening at the same time in the past.

Past Simple is used for past facts or generalizations. Example: "She loved to read historical novels."