The simple past talks about something that happened before. It happened and it finished . Some words are regular and just have -ed added at the end like walked , helped , and played . Others are irregular and have many variations like ate , began , and slept . The past progressive talks about something that was happening before, but for a period of time . It uses was or were + verb-ing like was eating or were playing . It gives a background for something that was happening while a different event happened. Example: While I was eating , the telephone rang . So, during the time I was eating (let's say from 6:30-7:00 p.m.) somebody called my house (let's say they called at 6:49p.m.) One thing happened ( simple past ) during the period of time another thing was happening ( past progressive .) Here is another exampl...
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