PAST CONTINUOUS vs PAST SIMPLE

PAST CONTINUOUS vs PAST SIMPLE

PAST CONTINUOUS form

IHE/SHE WAS + INGIT

WEYOU WERE + INGTHEYTAKE -------------- TAKINGFLY ------------------FLYING

PAST CONTINUOUS uses

We use the Past Continuous to talk about specific situations in the past and images...

AFFIRMATIVE SHE WAS SWIMING IN THE SEAWE WERE STUDYING FOR THE UNIVERSITY TEST

NEGATIVE SB + WASNT/WERENT + ING + COMPLEMENTI WASNT WALKING IN THE STREET YESTERDAYWE WERENT WATCHING TV ON MONDAYSB + WAS/WERE + ING + COMPLEMENT

PAST CONTINUOUS uses

INTERROGATIVE INVERSION

WAS/WERE + SUBJECT + ING + COMPLEMENT WAS YOUR FATHER DRIVING HIS NEW CAR TO HIS WORK?WAS YOUR COUSIN EATING A SOUP?WAS YOUR SISTER TAKING A SHOWER LAST NIGHT?WAS YOUR MOTHER SWIMMING IN THE POOL?

My sister WAS walking on the streetMy brother WAS playing with his new friendMy cousin WAS sleeping because he WAS tiredMy friend Bob WAS writing a letter for his familyMy other brother WAS calling my mum with the phone

Past simpleUSES: We use the past simple to talk about finished actions

PAST EXPRESSIONS: Last Monday, last week, last year... (AT THE END)

EXAMPLES:I DID A SPANISH COURSE LAST DAYHE ENJOYED his LAST trip TO LONDON

forms of SIMPLE PAST

AFFIRMATIVE: SB+VERB IN PAST+COMPLE

Regular and irregular formEXAMPLES:I FORGOT MY SUITCASE AT THE AIRPORT (IRREGULAR)THE TV SHOW ENDED VERY LATE (REGULAR)

Question QASI = Question word + Auxilliary (DID) + SB + INF?

EXAMPLES:Where did you travel last easter?When did you go to home last nigth?When did you meet your cousin James?

NEGATIVE:They didnt visit london last year DID+ NT = DIDNT

PAST CONTINUOUS AND PAST SIMPLE

PAST CONTINUOUS: Long activityPAST SIMPLE: Interrupted/Short ACTIVITY

WHEN/WHILE

I was talking to my cousin when my brother came into the dinning roomI was having a shower when the water stopped

Interrupted actions

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Created by Hector Tauste