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Link to Language : Past Simple and Past Progressive 1 Read the following sentence . ? When Armstrong stepped out of the spacecraft , people began to cheer . The verbs in the above sentences are in the Past Simple The Past Simple is used to show one or more events that happened in the past . S Read the following sentences . In what ways are they different from the sentence above ? ? 1 was sitting with my ear to the radio and listening very carefully . ? People were just staring at the screen in amazement . The verbs in the above sentences ^\& in the Past Progressive . The Past Progressive is used to show something that happened in the past and continued for a period of time . The Past Progressive is used to give background information about a situation . Example : Sean and his brother were sleeping when their parents woke them up . background information main event The Past Progressive is often used to show two or more past activities that were happening at the same time . The Past Progressive also gives the general background of a situation . Example : While Svetlana was listening to the radio , George was sitting in the Student Center at his university . 3 Complete the following sentences using the Past Simple or the Past Progressive . Answer on 0 K > Mlll ! f ll . 1 JX 7 ± 48 . a Last summer , our family .. . ( spend ) two days touring the Johnson Space Center . & I .. . ( watch ) television when Neil Annstrong walked on the Moon . c The astronauts took pictures while they . .. ( orbit ) Earth . Q Alan Shepard ... ( hit ) golf balls on the moon while NASA in Houston . .. ( watch ) him play from Earth . 0 The astronomer . .. ( observe ) the night sky when she ... ( discover ) a new star .
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