Simple Past / Past Progressive

Simple Past / Past Progressive Unterschied – Erklärungen und Übungen

Übungen zur Gegenüberstellung von Simple Past und Past Progressive:

⓿Mr. Pink __________ the shopping when he slipped on a banana peel. Die richtige Lösung ist: „was doing“

❶When we__________ at the beach the sun was shining.

❷We __________ Tofu, when our neighbor turned on loud music.

❸I __________ down the road when I saw Ms. Jones.

❹Your parents __________ the mail and locked the door.

❺While we __________ soccer, somebody stole my bike.

❻Ms.Brown __________ her newspaper and fed her cat.

❼ The Smiths __________ to move, but couldn’t find a good place .

❽ I __________ in my garage when I had this great idea.

❾ She __________ to Heavy Metal Music and was playing air-guitar.

❿ Our neighbors ________ a party when the gas tank exploded.

Simple Past – Past Progressive Unterschied
	Simple Past (kurze punktuelle Handlung)
unterbricht die länger dauernde Handlung
Past Progressive (läuft über einen längern Zeitraum in der Vargangenheit ab.)
	The phone rang.
unterbricht die länger dauernde Handlung
when I was drinking beer.