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Simple Past: used to describe a completed action at a specific time in the past.

Past Continuous: used to describe an action in progress at a specific time in the past. In other words, something was happening, and was interrupted by another event. The thing that was happening uses the Past Continuous, and the thing that interrupted uses the Simple Past.

Two main ways that Simple Past and Past Continuous are used are shown in the following sentence patterns:
طريقتين رئيسية تستخدم بها الزمن الماضي البسيط و الزمن الماضي المستمر

When ….V (simple past), S V (past continuous).

S V (past continuous) when ….V (simple past)

ملاحظة: الماضي البسيط يرتبط مع ال when مباشرة ,

Examples:

When the phone rang, we were eating.
We were eating when the phone rang.
When the baby woke up, I was writing a letter.
I was writing a letter when the baby woke up.


Note: Using this form emphasizes the interruption.

2. While ….V (past continuous), S V (simple past).
// S V (simple past) While ….V (past continuous)

ملاحظة: الماضي المستمر مرتبط مع ال while مباااشرة ,

Examples:

While we were eating, the phone rang.
The phone rang while we were eating.
While I was writing a letter, the baby woke up.
The baby woke up while I was writing a letter.


هذا في حالة ارتباطهم مع when, or while

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حالات إستخدامهم إذا جات في جمل منفردة ....

Simple Past: used to describe permanent states, completed actions in the past, or actions completed during the specified time period.

Examples:


We waited for an hour. (completed action)
The house burned down. (completed action, permanent situation)
I took piano lessons. (completed action)
It snowed yesterday. (only part of the day)


Past Continuous: used to describe temporary states, incomplete actions in the past, or actions in progress during the specified time period.

Examples:

It was snowing yesterday. (whole day)
We were digging in the garden yesterday afternoon. (in progress)


و بالتوفيق للجميع ....... اتمنى أن يفيدكم و لو بالقليل