The Past Simple &

The Past Continuos

Room 1
CONCEPTS

The Past Simple The Past Continuos

I played I was playing
We broke We were breaking
She didn’t jump She wasn’t jumping
Did they run? Were they running?
Chapter 1
Use of the Past Simple
 We use the past
simple for finished
actions in the past
 (+)
01 Yesterday I went to
the cinema with my
friends

(?)
02 What time did you
arrive home?

(-)
03 I didn’t pass my English
test last term
 The simple past is normally
followed by time expressions
- Yesterday, in 1990, then, when…
- Last month, last week, last summer…
- 3 days ago, some time ago, a week
ago…
Chapter 2
Use of the Past Continous
 We use the past
continuous for actions
happening in the past
 (+)
01 We were watching
TV with some friends

(-)
02 I wasn’t studying English

(?)
03 What were you doing
yesterday morning?
 The past continuous is
normally used with
times and time expressions

- At 10.00 this morning

- Yesterday evening at 9.00
Chapter 3
The 2 tenses together
Two or more verbs in the past simple
Yesterday morning I got up, I brushed my teeth and
I had breakfast
One action follows the other action

Got up
01

Brushed
02

Had
03
Two or more verbs in the past continuous

The actions happen at the same time

 Eg:
Last night, while my father was
watching the TV, my sister was
listening to the radio and I was doing
my homework in my bedroom.
 Two or more verbs in the past
simple
and the past continuous

The action expressed by the

past simple interrupts the action
expressed by the past continuous
 Eg:
- While I was driving to work, I had an
accident
- What were you doing when I called you
last night?
The action expressed by the past
continuous
begins before the action
expressed by the past simple
While is normally followed
by the past continuous
When is normally followed
by the past simple
Relative Exercises: Past Continuos

01 02 03 04

Put the verbs in Complete the Put the verbs in Change the
brackets in the past following dialogue by brackets in the following sentences
simple or past filling in the blanks appropriate form into negative,
continuous with the correct form (past simple or past question and
of the verb continuous) answer them
Relative Exercises: Past Simple

01 02 03 04

Simple past tense Change the sentences Conjugate verbs in Find the mistakes
verb conjugation below from the the past simple in the following
exercises present simple to the sentences
past simple
Rewrite the sentences so that the meaning doesn’t change
-> rewrite from present perfect to past simple
Form 1: S+have/has+p3+O+for+time
=>> It's + time + since + S + v/ed
Ex: Tom hasn't had his hair cut for over a month
=>> It's over a month since Tom last had his hair cut
Form 2 S + has/have + not + P2 + O + since + time
= The last time + S + Ved + O + was + time ago
Ex: I haven’t heard him since August
The last time i heard him was in August
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