Question

Complete using the verbs in brackets in the correct verb tense: Past Simple or Past Progressive. a) The public ____________ (wait) outside the store when the company ____________ (decide) not to launch the product that day. b) Users ____________ (make) illegal downloads while the record companies ____________ (try) to take legal measures. c) The CD stores ____________ (be) in a difficult situation. They ____________ (have) to close their doors when digital music _______________ (take) steam. d) A: What ____________ you ____________ (do) when I ____________ (call) you? B: I _________________ (watch) my favorite series on TV.

Answer 1

Resposta:

• a) waited/ decided
• b) made/ tried
• c) were/ had/ took
• d) did/ do/ called/ watched

Explicação:

Use the Simple Past to express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past. Sometimes, the speaker may not actually mention the specific time, but they do have one specific time in mind.

The Past Progressive (or Past Continuous) Tense is used to talk about past events that happened over a period of time.