PAST SIMPLE PAST CONTINUOUS

Affirmative Affirmative

I went/worked I was working

You went/worked You were working
He/she/it went/worked He/she/it was working
We/you/they went/worked We/you/they were working
Negative
Negative
I didn´t go/ work
You didn´t go/ work I wasn´t working
He/she/it didn´t go/ work You weren´t working
We/you/they didn´t go/ work He/she/it wasn´t working
We/you/they weren´t working
Interrogative ( negative)
Interrogative ( negative)
Did(n´t) I (not) go/work?
Did(n´t) you (not) go/work? Was(n´t) I (not) working?
Did(n´t) he/she/it (not) go/work? Were(n´t) you (not) working?
Did(n´t) we/you/they (not) go/work? Was(n´t) he/she/it (not) working?
Were(n´t) we/you/they (not) working?
-Ed in regular past simple verbs affirmative.
USES
infinitive+ed except verbs ended in:
-e +d---- liked, loved,hated 1) actions which were in progress
-l +led---travelled ( had begun) at the time you refer.
-monosylable in
consonant+vowel+consonant( double the last Yesterday at this time I was working in the
consonant)+ed stopped, robbed office.
-more than a syllable and the stress is in the last
syllable and ended in
consonant+vowel+consonant ( we double the 2) when a long action in the past ( past
last consonant) +ed preferred, continuous), an action that was
referred,permitted, admitted. happening, is interferred by a short
-consonant +y ( y drops)----i+ed action ( past simple)
Study---studied apply-----applied
When the mobile rang, I was chatting.
USES
1) to talk about past events. Normally To join these sentences we use the linkers
out of context, we use time when, while=as
expressions like:
- last+ noun. We saw her last week. While/as we were having the picnic, it
- Noun+ ago. I finished the course a started to rain.
week ago.
- Yesterday/ the day before yesterday. 3) we use two past continuous when
the two actions were happening at
2) two or more past simples are the same time in the past ( paralell
possible when there´s a sequence of actions)
actions that started and finished in
order. Were you listening while they were talking?
As soon as I got home, I sat down and I
switched on the TV. The linkers are while=as

The linkers are as soon as, when, after,

before.