Past tenses in English | Coffee Break English Podcast S2E09

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In This Video, You'll Learn:
✔️ How to use the past simple for completed actions.
✔️ How the past continuous describes longer actions happening in the background.
✔️ How to combine both tenses naturally and correctly.
✔️ New vocabulary and grammar in context through the inspiring life of Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield.

With slow, clear English and real-life examples, you’ll gain confidence using these two important past tenses in everyday conversation.

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Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:45 Text
4:02 Breakdown of vocabulary
25:01 Text Again

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