What is the negative pattern to past continuous?
When is simple past used?
When is past continuous used?
How are sentences in simple past?
Examples of simple past
What is the affirmative pattern for past continuous?
What are examples of past continuous?
Missed, Deleted, Walked
To describe the action or event that was in progress when another shorter, completed event took place.
Was texting, wasn’t paying attention, were using, was trying, wasn’t looking
Are short and complete
Subject + wasn’t / weren’t + verb(-ing)
Subject + was / were + verb(-ing)
To talk about the shorter, completed event.