24805 past continuous and past simple

Date: _____________.PAST CONTINUOUS V/S PAST SIMPLE Used simple past to describe a completed action at a specific time in the past.. I supermarket.went to the Negative sentences: Use t

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PAST CONTINUOUS V/S PAST

SIMPLE

Used simple past to describe a completed

action at a specific time in the past

We use the expressions: Yesterday

(Ayer), Last year (el año pasado), Last

week (la semana pasada), Last Month (el

mes pasado), Time ago (tiempo atrás),

etc

Affirmative sentences:

Use the same form of the verb every time

regardless the subject.

regular verbs irregular verbs

I play ed football. I supermarket.went to the

Negative sentences:

Use the auxiliary did (Simple Past of do) every

time regardless the subject.

regular verbs irregular verbs

I did not play

football. I supermarket.did not go to the

Contraction of negative sentences:

regular verbs irregular verbs

I didn't play

football. I supermarket.didn't go to the

Questions:

Use the auxiliary did (Simple Past of do) every

time regardless the subject.

regular verbs irregular verbs

Did you play

football? Didsupermarket? I go to the

Used to describe an action in progress at a specific time in the past In other words, something was happening, and was interrupted by another event

The thing that was happening uses the Past Continuous, and the thing that interrupted uses the Simple Past

Forms:

Positive Negative Question

I / he / she / it

I was speaking

I was not speaking

Was I speaking?

you /

we / they

You were speaking You were not speaking Were you speaking?

NOTE:

two actions happening at the same time (in the past)

Example:

While she was preparing dinner, he was washing the dishes.

Form:

- Past form of “be” + ing form of verb

Form:

- with regular verbs: infinitive + -ed

- with irregular verbs: 2nd column of

the table of the irregular verbs

1 Put the words in order and write positive sentences in simple past.

1) he / the question / answer He answered the question _ 2) you / a question / ask 3) the dog / bark 4) they / us / call _ 5) we / a mountain / climb

2 Write the negative sentences in simple past.

1) They collected postcards they did not (didn’t) collect the postal _ 2) You jumped high _ 3) Albert played squash 4) The teacher tested our English _ 5) Fiona visited her grandmother. _

3 Put the words in order and write questions in simple past.

1) Anna / the window / open Did Anna open the window? _ 2) she / home /walk 3) you / in the garden / work _ 4) you / a song / sing _ 5) she / on a chair / sit _

4 Put the words in order and write positive sentences in past progressive.

1) you / play / cards You were playing cards _ 2) Alice / walk / around the lake 3) Caron / listen / to the radio 4) we / read / a book about Australia 5) Linda / look for / her ring

5 Put the words in order and write negative sentences in past progressive.

1) Sarah and Luke / not / work Sara and Luke are not working _ 2) Mister Miller / not / teach / chemistry _ 3) Barry / not / drive a lorry _ 4) Mandy / not / have / lunch 5) Albert / not / play / tennis

6 Put the words in order and write questions in past progressive.

1) Rachel / feed / the cat Was Rachel feeding the cat?

2) the children / paint / a picture 3) Clark / repair / his computer _ 4) Hazel / swim / in the pool _

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7 Fill in the blanks with the correct tense ( Simple Past or Past progressive – When or While)

1) I (read) a book when the accident _ (happen)

2) While _ (do) my homework, somebody (call) my name 3) My father and my brother (repair) the car in the garage when the earthquake (happen)

4) I _ (play) when I (hurt) my knee

5) we were getting ready for the picnic, it _ (start) to rain.