LENGUA EXTRANGERA III_G1E

WEEK 3RD
PAST SIMPLE VS PAST PROGRESSIVE

TEACHER: JENNY ALEJANDRA HOLGUIN CARDEAS

STUDENT: DUVAN CAMILO AVILA LOPEZ

FUNDACIÓN UNIVERSITARIA JUAN DE CASTELLANOS

LICENCIATURA EN EDUCACIÓN FISICA RECREACIÓN Y DEPORTES
DEPARTAMENTO DE IDIOMAS
2020
 Past Simple vs Past progressive
-Grammar and Reading strategies
Explanation

Remember- the simple past talks about something that happened before. It happened and
it finished. Some words are regular and just have -ed added at the end like walked, helped,
and played. Others are irregular and have many variations like ate, began, and slept.

The past progressive talks about something that was happening before, but for a period of

time. It uses was or were + verb-ing like was eating  or were playing. It gives a background for
something that was happening while a different event happened.

Example: While I was eating, the telephone rang.

So, during the time I was eating (let's say from 6:30-7:00 p.m.) somebody called my house
(let's say they called at 6:49p.m.) One thing happened (simple past) during the period of time
another thing was happening (past progressive.)

Here is another example: They saw an old man as they were walking down the street.

You can think of walking as a video. You see the movement. You see the time passing. Think
of saw as a photo. It is one point of time. You don't think of the time passing.

I dreamed in English when I was sleeping.

She was listening to the radio when the mail came.
They visited Sydney when they were traveling in Australia.

Watch the video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAbttZ9JQEY

Practice time
Practice the topic using the following link
https://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/past-simple-vs-past-continuous

Task 1

Read this journal entries by Brian, a canadian summer exchange student who
was stduying in Argentina 3 years ago. He is talking about some photos took in
that place. Circle all the verbs that describe what was happening. Underline the
verbs that describe what generally happened in the past.

June 28
I was sitting in a seat 30.000 feet above the earth in route to Argentina. I usually
had dinner at that time, in that moment I had a headache from the excitement. My
seatmeat was eating my food. He looked happy while I was thinking in that
experience.

June 30
It was 7.30 My host parents were still working , Carlos my father worked at
home,My little brother Ricardo was cute. He looked and acted a lot like Bobby, in
that special moment, he was looking over my shoulder and triying to read my
journal.

July 4
The weather was cold, I usually spent the first days of july at hthe beach, that day I
was walking in a heavy sweater.

August 6
I felt so tired that night, everyone else felt great in that evening beacuse they took
long naps in the afternoon.

TASK 2
Complete the sentences, write while in the appropriate place
Scoot (read) WAS READING, Amely (watch)WAS WATCHING a documentary on TV.
Lisa (come) CAME home, (switch)  SWITCHED on the computer
and (check) CHECKED his emails.
The thief (sneak) SNEAKED into the house, (steal) STOLE the jewels
and (leave) LEFT without a trace.
Nobody (listen) WAS LISTENING the teacher (explain) WAS EXPLAINING the tenses.
We (do) WERE DOING a sight-seeing tour, our friends (lie) WERE LYING on the
beach.
He (wake) WOKE up and (look) LOOKED at his watch.

TASK 3

Complete the sentence with the correct tense (past progressive- simple past) taking
into account the things you were or you did with your family at home. Use while,
when.

Example:

I was studying English while my baked a delicious cake

My mom makes lunch while listening to music

They watch tv when is does is night
I like out with friends WHEN HAVE HOMEWORK
My sister doesn’t like any sport WHEN WATCHING TV
My uncle ets PATTY WHILE THERE IS CHILI
My cousin loves HER BOYFRIEND WHILE HE BE SINCERE
I like to LISTEN TO MUSIC WHILE DOING WORK

Note: Las 3 tareas correspondientes deben ser desarrolladas en un solo

documento, a doble espacio y el cuestionario en la plataforma. Favor no enviar
tareas por separado.