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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