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    The document discusses the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. The past simple is used to describe actions that started and finished in the past, using the past form of the verb. The past continuous describes ongoing or continuous actions that were happening in the past, formed with was/were and the -ing form of the verb. It provides examples of affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms of the past continuous tense.

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    PAST SIMPLE

    When do we use the past simple?


    PAST SIMPLE
     We use it when the action started and finished in the
    past.

    Examples:
    I played football yesterday.
    Marcia walked to school.
    We watched a movie.
    PAST SIMPLE
    Subject + verb in past + complement

    I played football.

    BE CAREFUL!
    There are irregular verbs:
     I went to your house. (go)

     She bought a book. (buy)

     We sang a song. (sing)


    PAST CONTINUOUS
    When do we use the past continuous?
    PAST CONTINUOUS: AFFIRMATIVE
     We use it when the action started in the past, but has not
    finished. It is a continuous action.

    Examples:
    I was listening to music.
    She was talking to me.
    We were studying English.
    PAST CONTINUOUS
    Gerunds (verb + ing)
    Gerunds are formed by adding ing to a verb.

    Open Opening
    Go Going
    Look Looking
    Eat Eating
    PAST CONTINUOUS: AFFIRMATIVE
    Subject + was/were + verb in gerund (ing) + Complement

    Uncle Henry was sitting on the doorstep.

    She was looking at the sky too.

    Prof. Jones and I were getting close to the National Weather Service.
    PAST CONTINUOUS
    Negative
    Interrogative
    PAST CONTINUOUS: NEGATIVE
     The past continuous uses the verb to be. If we want to form
    the negative, we have to add not to this verb.

    Subject + was/were + not + verb (ing) + complement.

    We were not paying attention.

    They were not looking.

    He was not listening to me.


    PAST CONTINUOUS: NEGATIVE
     We can contract was/were and not.

    was not = wasn’t


    were not = weren’t

    We weren’t paying attention.

    They weren’t looking.

    He wasn’t listening to me.


    PAST CONTINUOUS: INTERROGATIVE
     When we form the interrogative form, we have to invert
    the order. Of course, we also have to add a question
    mark (?).

    Was/Were + subject + verb (ing) + complement?

    Were you paying attention?

    Was he reading a book?

    Were they playing tennis?

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