... simple past: yesterday, last ______, past dates (in 1990), _____ ago, etc. Simple Past vs. Past Continuous Using both tenses together:Sometimes we use both the simple past and the past continuous ... .That one action (simple past) interrupted a continuing action (past continuous) Past Continuous (Examples)Action that was in progress at a particular point in the past: At 2:00 yesterday, ... Past and Past Continuous. These activities give excellentexplanation and practice. We can use 2 verbs in past continuous to say that two actions were happening simultaneously in the past: Ex....