Past Simple and Past Continous

Past Simple and Past Continous

Past Simple

• We use the past simple to talk about past actions/events/states which have finished.

• Jenny was tired after she went ice skating.

Past simple II

• We have two types of verbs regular verbs and irregular verbs

• *To form the past simple with regular verbs we add -ed/-d to the verb.

• To form the past simple with irregular verbs we have a list which we must study.

*Past Simple regular verbs form

Multiple Choice

Layla and Brooke both (play) for the school basketball team last year.

• PLAIED

• PLAYED

• PLAYYED

Multiple Choice

Yesterday my brother (study) for his Math exam.

• STUDIED

• STUDYED

• STUDID

Multiple Choice

Las night my mom (watch) Masterchef.

• WATCH

• WATCHIED

• WATCHED

Multiple Choice

Last year, I (work) as a shop assitant.

• WORKED

• WORKIED

• WORKT

Multiple Choice

When I was a kid I (prefer) to play with dolls.

• PREFERT

• PREFERED

• PREFERRED

Past Simple III

• We use the past simple to talk about repeated past actions, which have finished now.

• I cycled to school every day when I was a student.

Past Continous

• We use the Past Continuous to talk about a particular moment in the past.

• Emily was walking the dog at 5 p.m.

• We use the Past Continuous to talk about temporary actions which give extra information.

• It was raining, so I decided not to go out.

Past Continous II

• We use the past continuous form to talk about two or more actions happening at the same time.

• While I was doing my homework, my brother was playing the guitar.

• We use the past continuous form to talk about an action happening when another action happened.

• He was cleaning his bike when he hurt his hand.

When, while & as

• We use these words with the past continuous to introduce an action happening at the same time as another:

• When Joe was walking home, it started to rain.

• The phone rang while I was having breakfast.

• They arrived as we were leaving.