While i was studying, i suddenly felt sleepy.

Simple past and past progressive. The focus is on the action. Note that you can also use the. The sun _____ (shine) when i woke up this morning.

Past simple /present perfect 1; Using the words long and short helps students understand this use better. When we use these two tenses together, it shows us that the past simple action happened in the middle of the past continuous action, while it was in progress.

An ongoing activity interrupted by an action: Simple past and past progressive draft. The simple past tense is commonly used with past time adverbs like yesterday, last week, last year etc.

And/or (2) relative timing of one activity to another, for example, as background activity interrupted by another activity that is the main focus. The past progressive describes an action that was in progress at a specific time in the past. More.(opens new tab) i past tense you past tense he/she/it past tense we past tense you past tense they past tense past progressive tense the past progressive tense is used to describe an ongoing activity in the past.

The thief (sneak) into the house, (steal) the jewels and (leave) without a trace. Past, present, future, and present progressive tense open the box. Fill in all the gaps, then press check to check your answers.

It is known as a past time. See 2nd column of irregular verbs. The past progressive is formed by using the be verb in the past tense ( was for singular subjects except you /.