{"id":3037,"date":"2023-06-06T12:27:16","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T11:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/it\/blog\/?p=3037"},"modified":"2026-02-02T14:29:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T13:29:00","slug":"past-simple-past-continuous-differenze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/it\/blog\/past-simple-past-continuous-differenze\/","title":{"rendered":"Past simple e past continuous: quale utilizzare?"},"content":{"rendered":"  <section class=\"section blogHeader\" id=\"blogHeader-block_ef53d9a7605a0301bcc1b48750a58464\">\n      <div class=\"blogHeader__wrapper\">\n                              <div class=\"blogHeader__image\">\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/it\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/past-simple-vs-past-cont.png\" class=\"glightbox\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/it\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/past-simple-vs-past-cont.png\" alt=\"Past simple e past continuous: quale utilizzare?\" class=\"blogHeader__imageItem\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/it\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/past-simple-vs-past-cont-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/it\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/past-simple-vs-past-cont-768x400.png 768w, https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/it\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/past-simple-vs-past-cont.png 960w\" style=\"width:100%; aspect-ratio:960\/500;\"> \n              <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          \n      <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n      <section class=\"blogContentTable\" data-toc-section>\n        <input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"blogTocToggle\" class=\"blogContentTable__toggle\" \/>\n        <label for=\"blogTocToggle\" class=\"blogContentTable__header\">\n            <span class=\"blogContentTable__heading\">\n                Indice dei contenuti            <\/span>\n            <span class=\"blogContentTable__arrow\"><\/span>\n        <\/label>\n        <div class=\"blogContentTable__wrapper\">\n            <div class=\"blogContentTable__heading blogContentTable__heading--sidebar\">\n                Indice dei contenuti            <\/div>\n            <ol class=\"blogContentTable__list\">\n                                    <li>\n                        <span class=\"toc-item\">Past simple in breve: quando si usa e come si forma<\/span>\n                    <\/li>\n                                    <li>\n                        <span class=\"toc-item\">Past continuous in breve: quando si usa e come si forma<\/span>\n                    <\/li>\n                                    <li>\n                        <span class=\"toc-item\">Past simple o past continuous, quale scegliere?<\/span>\n                    <\/li>\n                                    <li>\n                        <span class=\"toc-item\">Quando si usa il past simple e il past continuous insieme?<\/span>\n                    <\/li>\n                            <\/ol>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n    <script>\n        \/\/ Use DOMContentLoaded for faster TOC initialization\n        document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {\n            const tocSection = document.querySelector('[data-toc-section]');\n            if (!tocSection) return;\n\n            const headings = document.querySelectorAll('.blogHeadingText');\n            const tableContainer = tocSection.querySelector('.blogContentTable__list');\n            if (!tableContainer) return;\n\n            \/\/ Clear the container\n            tableContainer.innerHTML = '';\n\n            \/\/ Count valid headings with h2\n            let validHeadingsCount = 0;\n\n            \/\/ For each heading, create an item in the table of contents\n            headings.forEach((heading, index) => {\n                const h2 = heading.querySelector('h2');\n                if (!h2) return;\n\n                validHeadingsCount++;\n                const title = h2.textContent.trim();\n                const itemHtml = `<li><a href=\"#${heading.id}\">${title}<\/a><\/li>`;\n                tableContainer.innerHTML += itemHtml;\n            });\n\n            \/\/ Hide TOC if no valid headings found\n            if (validHeadingsCount === 0) {\n                tocSection.style.display = 'none';\n            }\n            \n            \/\/ Dispatch custom event to notify that TOC is ready\n            document.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('tocReady'));\n        });\n    <\/script>\n  \n\n\n  <section class=\"section blogText\" id=\"blogText-block_1b7ad0442ccdecdc78b04de0a9616bca\">\n    <div class=\"blogText__wrapper\">\n        <div class=\"blogText__content\">\n            <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Qual \u00e8 la differenza tra past simple e past continuous? Quando si usa il primo e quando il secondo per parlare del passato in inglese? OK, non \u00e8 proprio un argomento facilissimo,di quelli che si affrontano in un <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/it\/programs\/juniors\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">corso di inglese per bambini delle elementari<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0Ma con questo articolo ti viene in aiuto Novakid, scuola che organizza online <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/it\/programs\/pre-k\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">corsi per insegnare inglese ai bambini<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 49 paesi del mondo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nelle righe che seguono scoprirai come distinguere questi due tempi verbali del passato, le regole di formazione di uno e dell\u2019altro tense, i casi d\u2019uso e le differenze, e anche le costruzioni in cui questi due tempi verbali vanno sempre insieme nella lingua inglese. Se hai un livello almeno di <a href=\"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/it\/programs\/movers\/\">inglese 3 media<\/a>, questo articolo \u00e8 proprio quello che fa per te.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Allora, cominciamo!<\/span><\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n  <section class=\"section blogHeadingText\" id=\"blogHeadingText-block_3f7fdbf95107ff521612c0077eb26069\">\n    <div class=\"blogHeadingText__wrapper\" >\n        <div class=\"blogHeadingText__heading\">\n            <h2 class=\"blogHeadingText__headingItem\" data-blog-heading data-section-id=\"blogHeadingText-block_3f7fdbf95107ff521612c0077eb26069\">\n                Past simple in breve: quando si usa e come si forma            <\/h2>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"blogHeadingText__content\">\n            <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Questo tempo si utilizza quando dobbiamo descrivere un\u2019azione cominciata, svolta e\u00a0 terminata in un momento del passato.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I arrived at 3 p.m. (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sono arrivato alle 3 del pomeriggio<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Si tratta di un <\/span><b>tempo semplice<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (composto cio\u00e8 da una sola parola) e si forma aggiungendo la desinenza <\/span><b>-ed alla forma base del verbo<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">walk &gt;&gt; walked<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">paint &gt;&gt; painted<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cook &gt;&gt; cooked<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Naturalmente esistono anche molti casi in cui l\u2019aggiunta delle desinenza <\/span><b>-ed <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">comporta qualche \u201caggiustamento\u201d:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stop &gt;&gt; stopped<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">carry &gt;&gt; carried<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">E questi sono i verbi regolari. Poi esistono i verbi irregolari (anche ad altissima frequenza come <\/span><b>to have, to be, to go, to come<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) che al past simple hanno una forma divergente:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">be &gt;&gt; was \/ were<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">have &gt;&gt; had<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">go &gt;&gt; went<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">come &gt;&gt; came<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">feel &gt;&gt; felt<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">break &gt;&gt; broke<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ne abbiamo elencati solo pochissimi, davvero una goccia nel mare. Trovi un elenco pi\u00f9 completo nell\u2019<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/it\/blog\/past-simple\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">articolo che abbiamo dedicato al Past tense<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La forma negativa si costruisce aggiungendo <\/span><b>didn\u2019t alla forma base<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I didn&#8217;t arriva\u00ece at 3 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Le domande si fanno invece cominciando la frase con il <\/span><b>did<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, seguito dal <\/span><b>soggetto<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> e dalla forma base del <\/span><b>verbo principale<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Did you arrive at 3 p.m.?<\/span><\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n  <section class=\"section blogHeadingText\" id=\"blogHeadingText-block_768e8eed84ad09d068c9455f69a452c9\">\n    <div class=\"blogHeadingText__wrapper\" >\n        <div class=\"blogHeadingText__heading\">\n            <h2 class=\"blogHeadingText__headingItem\" data-blog-heading data-section-id=\"blogHeadingText-block_768e8eed84ad09d068c9455f69a452c9\">\n                Past continuous in breve: quando si usa e come si forma            <\/h2>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"blogHeadingText__content\">\n            <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/it\/blog\/past-continuous\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Il passato continuo o progressivo<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> si utilizza in due casi:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Per esprimere un\u2019<\/span><b>azione che era in svolgimento<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (background) <\/span><b>mentre ne accadeva un\u2019altra<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She was reading when the phone rang (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stava leggendo<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 azione di background \u2013 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">quando \u00e8 squillato il telefono<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Per indicare un&#8217;azione o una situazione che si <\/span><b>\u00e8 prolungata per un certo periodo di tempo nel passato <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I couldn\u2019t come, I was working all day (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">non sono potuto venire<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ho lavorato tutto il giorno<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Come vedi, si tratta di un <\/span><b>tempo composto<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> formato dall\u2019unione del <\/span><b>past simple del verbo essere, to be, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">unito alla <\/span><b>forma -ing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> del verbo principale:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I was working (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stavo lavorando\/lavoravo<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Le frasi negative si formano, come sempre, con il <\/span><b>not <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">unito all\u2019ausiliare: <\/span><b>wasn\u2019t <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(was not) o <\/span><b>weren\u2019t <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(were not) poi seguito dal gerundio in <\/span><b>-ing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I wasn\u2019t working<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Per costruire le interrogative si applica come sempre l\u2019inversione soggetto verbo, e si comincia la frase con l\u2019ausiliare <\/span><b>was \/ were<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, seguito da soggetto e forma <\/span><b>-ing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Was you working?<\/span><\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n  <section class=\"section blogHeadingText\" id=\"blogHeadingText-block_12f341bd43dc47c81cff367b6c2d9378\">\n    <div class=\"blogHeadingText__wrapper\" >\n        <div class=\"blogHeadingText__heading\">\n            <h2 class=\"blogHeadingText__headingItem\" data-blog-heading data-section-id=\"blogHeadingText-block_12f341bd43dc47c81cff367b6c2d9378\">\n                Past simple o past continuous, quale scegliere?            <\/h2>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"blogHeadingText__content\">\n            <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Come vedi, quindi il problema non \u00e8<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> come distinguere past simple e past continuous<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: hanno forme molto diverse che li rendono facilmente identificabili. Il problema \u00e8 \u2013 quando parli e scrivi in inglese \u2013 <\/span><b>scegliere quello giusto rispetto al significato<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> che vuoi veicolare.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ci sono casi in cui decidere quale tempo scegliere \u00e8 facile e chiaro, come nel primo dei nostri due esempi : She was reading when the phone rang. Ma ci sono altri casi in cui la scelta del tempo dipende dal punto di vista di chi parla.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Focus sull\u2019azione o sulla sua durata?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I tempi e i modi verbali sono come strumenti musicali: li scegliamo anche in base al \u201ctono\u201d che vogliamo dare al nostro discorso. E allora, nel nostro caso, nel raccontare un\u2019azione del passato possiamo decidere che cosa mettere in risalto: <\/span><b>la durata dell\u2019azione o il suo completamento<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">? Nel primo caso sceglierai il passato\u00a0 progressivo, nell\u2019altro caso il passato semplice:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>They were teaching Italian<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to foreign children to help them integrate into the community: chi parla ha deciso di sottolineare la durata dell\u2019azione, il suo svolgimento nel tempo. In italiano si tradurrebbe meglio con l\u2019imperfetto: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">insegnavano l\u2019italiano ai ragazzi stranieri per aiutarli a integrarsi nella comunit\u00e0<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>They taught Italian<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to foreign children to help them integrate into the community: qui il focus \u00e8 sull\u2019azione propriamente detta, che viene data per conclusa. In italiano pu\u00f2 essere tradotto con il passato prossimo: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hanno insegnato italiano<\/span><\/i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ai ragazzi stranieri per aiutarli a integrarsi nella comunit\u00e0<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Esprimere la continuit\u00e0 o il momento esatto?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Un altro caso in cui possiamo chiederci quale tempo utilizzare riguarda il collegamento fra due azioni, entrambe avvenute in un periodo di tempo nel passato:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the babysitter arrived <\/span><b>the children were playing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: qui abbiamo scelto il<\/span><b> passato continuo <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">per dire che i bambini giocavano prima, durante e dopo l\u2019arrivo della baby-sitter. Abbiamo quindi<\/span><b> scelto di sottolineare la continuit\u00e0 dell\u2019azione<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the babysitter arrived, the<\/span><b> children started playing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: in questo caso il simple past <\/span><b>started<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ci torna utile perch\u00e9 per indicare<\/span><b> un momento esatto<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Quando non usare il past continuous<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nella grammatica inglese, esiste una categoria di verbi con cui non bisogna mai usare n\u00e9 il past continuous n\u00e9 alcun verbo progressivo (quelli che usano la -ing <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, per capirci). Sono i <b>verbi stativi<\/b>. Se hai fatto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/it\/programs\/flyers\/\">inglese alle scuole medie<\/a> dovresti gi\u00e0 averli incontrati. Comunque, si tratta di verbi<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0esprimono uno stato, una condizione permanente oppure un\u2019emozione o un sentimento: insomma, <\/span><b>descrivono uno stato e non un\u2019azione.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Questo verbi si riferiscono a:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Pensieri e opinioni<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: agree, believe, doubt, guess, imagine, know, mean, recognise, remember, suspect, think, understand, see (nel senso di capire).<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Sentimenti ed emozioni<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: dislike, hate, like, love, prefer, want, wish.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Sensi e percezioni<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: appear, be, feel, hear, look, see, seem, smell, taste (nel senso di avere un sapore).<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Possesso<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: belong, have (nel senso di possedere), own, possess.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Misura e capacit\u00e0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: measure, weigh.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quindi non dirai mai *I was knowing ma sempre <\/span><b>I knew<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; mai *I was preferring ma sempre <\/span><b>I preferred<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ma fai attenzione alle frasi seguenti:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>I was having lunch<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00e8 corretto perch\u00e9 <\/span><b>to have lunch <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00e8 un\u2019azione.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">*I was having two cars \u00e8 sbagliato: nel senso di possedere si dice <\/span><b>I had.<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><b><\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>I was being rude <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00e8 corretto perch\u00e9 indica uno stato temporaneo (comportarsi male)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">*The lecture was being interesting \u00e8 sbagliato, perch\u00e9 essere interessanti \u00e8 uno stato permanente, quindi si dice <b>The lecture was interesting<\/b>.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n  <section class=\"section blogHeadingText\" id=\"blogHeadingText-block_842c0d788ba47c1eb19aa3e753220932\">\n    <div class=\"blogHeadingText__wrapper\" >\n        <div class=\"blogHeadingText__heading\">\n            <h2 class=\"blogHeadingText__headingItem\" data-blog-heading data-section-id=\"blogHeadingText-block_842c0d788ba47c1eb19aa3e753220932\">\n                Quando si usa il past simple e il past continuous insieme?            <\/h2>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"blogHeadingText__content\">\n            <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lo abbiamo gi\u00e0 accennato nei paragrafi precedenti ma vale la pena specificarlo meglio. Li utilizziamo insieme per costruire frasi che collegano due azioni del passato:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Un\u2019azione \u00e8 meno importante che fa da sfondo: <\/span><b>\u00e8 il background della narrazione<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Si tratta di un\u2019azione che ha una sua durata e che pu\u00f2 venire interrotta dall\u2019azione principale o continuare dopo di essa. Si esprime al past continuous.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Un\u2019azione \u00e8 pi\u00f9 importante, \u00e8 l\u2019evento principale a cui si vuole dare risalto,\u00a0 il <\/span><b>cuore della narrazione<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Si esprime al past perfect.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guarda gli esempi seguenti:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>I was cycling <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to work when <\/span><b>I heard <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">an explosion: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stavo andando in bici <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(azione che fa da sfondo) <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">quando ho sentito un&#8217;esplosione <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(evento pi\u00f9 importante).<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Helen <\/span><b>was studying <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">philosophy in Paris when <\/span><b>she met <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paul and fell in love: gli studi a Parigi sono l\u2019azione di sfondo in cui si inserisce l&#8217;evento principale.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While <\/span><b>I was sleeping<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>thieves broke into <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">my flat: al past continuous l\u2019azione di dormire che crea il contesto in cui avviene l\u2019evento chiave: il furto.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Avrai notato un\u2019altra cosa importante: in queste frasi che uniscono <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">past continuous e present simple<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> sono spesso presenti <\/span><b>when <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e da <\/span><b>while<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>When<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> introduce i verbi coniugati al <\/span><b>past simple.<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>While<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> introduce i verbi coniugati al <\/span><b>past continuous<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Che ne dici, l\u2019uso di questi due tempi e delle loro differenze \u00e8 un po\u2019 pi\u00f9 chiaro? Siamo convinti che con questa sessione di grammatica, delle<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/it\/programs\/time2talk\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lezioni di conversazione inglese online<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e un po\u2019 di <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">esercizi<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">past simple e past continuous <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">andranno magicamente a posto!<\/span><\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Past simple o past continuous, quale usare? 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