New posts in simple-past

What is the difference between : " I turned around and saw X" and " I was turning around and saw X" ( Simple past vs past continous)

The present perfect usage

'have been' vs. 'went' with time words

Present perfect and simple past in same sentence "have" and "had" [closed]

While + Past Simple + Past Simple vs. While + Past Continues + Past Simple

Conditional: if + past simple, future simple

Can "earlier this year" be used in the present perfect?

"Decided to do X the next time she went for a walk" vs. "...the next time she goes for a walk"

"Sought" vs. "searched"

"Could": past and conditional question

The ways to indicate a state or an action which lasted and then ended at or before some point in the past?

"I knew him for..." or "I had known him for..."?

Why don’t people ever say “I have wanted to ask”?

Past perfect instead of past simple in fiction

were or had been

I didn't phone Peter this morning / I haven't phoned Peter this morning [duplicate]

"Did you do it?" vs "Have you done it?"?

‘He decided’ vs. ‘He had decided’

Fixed vs Have Fixed

Has lived vs. lived