Post on 03-Sep-2020
Unit -3- Period -3-
Past simple & Past continuous
Farhouda Ferwana Rula Farouq Al Farra
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Objective:
Use the past simple & past continuous for
completed and uncompleted actions.
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A boy was playing computer games.
A bird flew around him.
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The Form:
I
He
She
It
they
we
you
were + v. + ing
While he was playing computer games, a bird flew around him.
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Use:
To show an action that happened while an
action was in progress.
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Study these examples :
•While(As) I was walking to school, I met an old friend.
•When my father came home, we were watching a film.
•When she was waiting for her father, she saw an
accident.
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•He felt tired because he was walking for along time.
•Her mother asked her why she was crying.
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key words : ( Connectors used)
{ while - as - because – why - when}
Note :
{ while - as - because - why + ( Past Con. Past S.)
when Past S. Past Con.
Past Con. Past S. ( With action verbs)
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Complete the sentences with the correct tense of the verbs in brackets.
• When I ----------------to the meeting late, everyone -------------------for
me.( get / wait)
• She -------------------the prize because she-------------------a great effort
during her training. ( win / make )
got was waiting
won was making
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• While he ----------------------, it ----------------------.(walk / rain )
• The teacher ---------------him why he-------------------through the
lesson. ( ask / talk )
was walking rained
asked was talking
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• While Sami--------------------( paint) the door, he ------------------( notice)
a snake which had been in the store for along time. (2017)
• She-------------------------(have) a beautiful dream when the alarm clock----------------
(ring). (2018)
was painting noticed
was having rang
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Good bye