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02 PastsimplePastcont Pps
02 PastsimplePastcont Pps
02 PastsimplePastcont Pps
CONTINUOUS
PAST SIMPLE: affirmative, negative
or interrogative
AFIRMATIVA:
He painted the wall
We went very early
NEGATIVA:
He didnt paint the wall
We didnt go very early
INTERROGATIVA:
Did he paint the wall?
Did we go very early?
PAST SIMPLE OR PAST CONTINUOUS
PAST SIMPLE
PARA HABLAR DE UNA ACCIN ACABADA EN UN TIEMPO ANTES
DE AHORA EN UN MOMENTO DETERMINADO.
Columbus discovered America in 1492.
Ejemplos:
I went to the cinema yesterday.
She always played the piano when she was a child.
PAST SIMPLE
IRREGULARES:
She ate ice-cream in winter.
Forming the simple past tense
(REGULAR VERBS)
Para formar el pasado simple de los verbos
regulares aadimos -ED al verbo:
BOIL --- BOILED
FILL --- FILLED
Cambios a realizar:
Si acaba en E: aadir D
LIVE --- LIVED
DATE --- DATED
Si acaba en consonante + Y: cambiar la Y a
I
TRY --- TRIED
CRY --- CRIED
Si acaba en consonante+vocal+consonante,
duplicamos la consonante:
TRAVEL --- TRAVELLED
WORSHIP --- WORSHIPPED
Some activities
1 Yesterday, Mary ____________ (go) to the
shopping.
2. She ____________ (like) the film she saw
last week.
3. Last year, they ____________ (move) to
Paris.
4. Tina ____________ (be) a very good singer.
5. We ____________ (do) many things last
weekend.
PAST CONTINUOUS: affirmative,
negative or interrogative
AFIRMATIVA:
He was playing videogames
We were waking up very early
NEGATIVA:
He wasnt playing videogames
We werent waking up very early
INTERROGATIVA:
Was he playing videogames?
Were we waking up very early?
PAST SIMPLE OR PAST CONTINUOUS
PAST CONTINUOUS