Past simple and Past continuous.

Past simple.

Form:

positive - She played
question - Did she play?
negative - she didn't play

Use for a completed action or state in the past.
the past simple is an action wich it was finished.

Exemples:
- I saw a great film last night.
- We lived in Sydney for two years.



Past continuous.

Form:

I/he/she/it was running.
we/you/they were running.
was i/he/she/it running?
were we/you/they running?
i/he/she/it was not (wasn't) running.
we/you/they were not (weren't) running.

Use to describe a past action at some pointbetween its beginning and its end.

Exemples:

- At 8 o'clock last night we were having dinner.- he was walking down the road when he heard a loud noise.


Credits: The Grammar book