... the simple past and past continuous: The simple past: structure English has two types of verbs in the past tense: • • Regular verbs • Irregular verbs • Look at the following • list of past tense ... Important Note about Past Continuous! Some verbs are NOT typically used in the continuous tense Instead, we prefer to use these verbs in the simple tenses (simple present or past) These verbs are ... together: Sometimes we use both the simple past and the past continuous together to mean That one action (simple past) interrupted a continuing action (past continuous) 1.Dan burned his hand...