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antilles kaže:
very well explained.
however, s/he won't get it.
he should not concern himself with such questions at his level (pre-intermediate, i'd say).
i strongly discourage my adult students from asking them at that level.
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Well that's his/her problem if they won't get it; if still interested, they can research further. I don't like the idea of discouraging question asking, even if something is above one's level. However, I disagree that the basics of past simple/continuous do not belong to a beginner level. It's the basics of the English language (if you ask me), since you can't form a sentence without tenses. Besides, if you're retelling any event to a person you will most likely use one of the past tenses.