Past Simple and Past Continuous (Great Thinkers B2)

Guys, it's us, the Grammar Gurus, with me, Meg. 00:00:20

And me, Ollie. 00:00:24

But, um, before we begin, is there anything you want to tell us, Meg? 00:00:26

Yes, actually. I got my dream job, reviewing video games for a website. 00:00:33

But, what about, um... 00:00:39

I'm sorry, you're going to have to explain this one. 00:00:44

Okay, when I was around 10, I played a lot of football and I didn't like video games 00:00:46

at all until Soccer Strikers came out. I loved that game. Then, last Friday, I was chatting 00:00:55

on a website forum, we were talking about old games, when somebody mentioned that Soccer 00:01:06

strikers the virtual reality version was out and the website wanted somebody to review it 00:01:12

so i tried it straight away i won all my games and then i was in the final 00:01:20

it was the last minute and i was running into the box i was about to score when let me guess 00:01:28

you fell over no i scored but then i jumped to celebrate and hit my head 00:01:33

It still hurts. 00:01:41

Oh, no, Meg. I'm so sorry. 00:01:43

But I know what will cheer you up. 00:01:46

Grammar! 00:01:49

OK, today we're talking about describing the past 00:01:56

using the past simple and the past continuous. 00:02:00

We use the past simple to describe finished actions 00:02:06

or situations in the past. 00:02:09

We also use it to say that one thing happened after another. 00:02:11

Meg scored, then Meg jumped, then Meg hit her head. Sorry, Meg. 00:02:17

Thanks, Ollie. 00:02:26

We use past continuous to talk about activities in progress at a moment in the past. 00:02:29

We also use it to describe scenes in a story. 00:02:35

And to talk about activities in progress when another, shorter activity happened or interrupted it. 00:02:39

Now, let's practice. Try this exercise. Fill in the gaps of the sentences with the correct 00:02:49

form of the past simple or the past continuous. See you next time! 00:02:56

Bye! 00:03:01

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