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Past Continuous vs. Simple Past II

Past Continuous vs. Simple Past II

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Past Continuous vs. Simple Past II

Lengua Extranjera III

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Use of both tenses.

  • The past continuous and the past simple help us to show how two past actions or situations are connected.

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Past Simple

  • The past simple shows us that an action was in the past, not in the present.

  • Regular past simple verbs have -ed at the end (e.g. calledplayedarrived).

  • Irregular verbs have a different form, usually with a different vowel sound (e.g. wake → wokebreak → brokefeel → felt).

  • My parents called me yesterday.

    I woke up early this morning.

    Sam played basketball when he was at university.

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Past Simple

  • We make the negative with didn't and the infinitive verb.

    My parents didn't call me yesterday.

    I didn't wake up early this morning.

  • We make the question form with did and then the subject and infinitive verb.

    Did you wake up early this morning?

    Did Sam play basketball when he was at university?

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Let's Practice!

Choose the correct option for the simple past tense exercises.

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Multiple Choice

What is the use for simple past?

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To talk about actions that started and finishes in the past.

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To talk about plans for the future.

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Multiple Choice

Is that correct the following sentence?


"I studied hardly for the exams of Maths, History and English".

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Correct

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Incorrect

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Fill in the Blank

What is the simple past of "watch"?

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Multiple Choice

My friends and I ____ to Puebla City one year ago.

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went

2

going

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Multiple Choice

Is that correct the following sentence?


"We had for breakfast eggs and bacon, coffee and waffles with honey".

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Correct

2

Incorrect

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Multiple Choice

My family ____ to the party because of the pandemic, is too dangerous!

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didn't come

2

didn't came

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Multiple Choice

Is that correct the following sentence?


"My friends and I didn't bought some beer at the supermarket because we are under 18 ".

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Correct

2

Incorrect

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Fill in the Blank

What is the simple past of "go"?

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Multiple Choice

Is that correct the following sentence?


"Did you studied for the exam?".

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Correct

2

Incorrect

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Open Ended

Write one sentence using SIMPLE PAST sharing an activity that you did in the past.


Your example can be affirmative, negative or interrogative and add a time expression such as: yesterday / last week / last month / three days ago / in 2018, etc.

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Past Continuous

  • The past continuous shows us that the action was already in progress at a specific time in the past.


  • What were you doing at 8 p.m. last night? I was studying.

  • This means that I started studying before 8 p.m. and I continued after 8 p.m.

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  • The past continuous can also show that an activity was in progress for some time, not just for a moment.

  • We were cleaning the house all morning.

  • We make the past continuous with was or were and the -ing form of the verb.

  • She couldn't come to the party. She was working.

    Three years ago, we were living in my home town.

    I tried to give him some advice, but he wasn't listening.

    What were you doing this time last year?

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Multiple Choice

Last Friday, I _____ to the new song of The Weeknd, and it sounds amazing!

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was listening

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were listening

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Multiple Choice

My friends and I _____ the homework, because we prefer to play videogames for chilling out.

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weren't doing

2

was doing

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Multiple Choice

He _____ a beautiful comic called "The killing joke".

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was reading

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weren't reading

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Multiple Choice

What is the use of past continuous?

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To talk about experiences that were happening in the present.

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To talk about activities that were already in progress at a specific time in the past.

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Multiple Choice

What _______ when I called you last night?

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were she doing

2

wasn't you doing

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were you doing

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Multiple Choice

I _____ the car when the downpour started.

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was cleaning

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was doing

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were washing

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Open Ended

Write one sentence using PAST CONTINUOUS sharing a specific activity that you did in the past.


Your example can be affirmative, negative or interrogative and add a time expression such as: yesterday / last week / at 7 p.m / three days ago / in 2018, etc.

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Past Continuous and Simple Past

  • When we use these two tenses together, it shows us that the past simple action happened in the middle of the past continuous action, while it was in progress.

  • While I was studying, I suddenly felt sleepy.

  • We often use these tenses to show an action interrupting another action.

  • I broke my leg when I was skiing.

    As I was going to work, I saw an old friend.

    We were watching television when the power went off.

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Important!

  • WHEN

  • We use WHEN with Simple Past and Past Continuous.

  • I was listening to Rock music when my mom called me to dinner.

  • When we were watching a movie on Netflix, the lights went off.

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Important!

  • WHILE

  • We use only with Past Continuous.

  • I was uploading a story on Instagram while my sister was taking selfies for her boyfriend.

  • While my mom was baking pizza my cousins arrived to my house.

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For the next session!

  • Work in team with maximum 4 members.

  • You have to write a short story using Simple Past and Past Continuous. (100 - 120 words).

  • The next week, your teams shows the text in order to check grammar and structure.

  • The oral work is that you have to perform the story through a video call.

Past Continuous vs. Simple Past II

Lengua Extranjera III

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