Конечно, давайте преобразуем предложения, используя Past Simple и Past Continuous.
Jane is playing the violin now. I can't call her.
- Jane was playing the violin, so I couldn't call her.
Jack often listens to good music.
- Jack often listened to good music.
Linda never reads poems though she is in the 6th form.
- Linda never read poems though she was in the 6th form.
We're going to school and it is raining hard.
- We were going to school and it was raining hard.
It seldom snows in this part of the country this winter.
- It seldom snowed in this part of the country that winter.
The sun is shining brightly. It's a good day for a walk.
- The sun was shining brightly. It was a good day for a walk.
The weather often changes this summer.
- The weather often changed that summer.
It's five o'clock in the morning, I'm fishing.
- It was five o'clock in the morning, I was fishing.
В этих преобразованных предложениях, Past Simple используется для описания завершённых действий или состояний в прошлом, в то время как Past Continuous используется для описания действий, которые происходили в определённый момент времени в прошлом.