PAST SIMPLE VS PAST CONTINUOUS

PAST SIMPLE VS PAST CONTINUOUS

PAST SIMPLE

We use the simple past to talk about events that finished in the past.

We use regular and irregular verbs to talk about positive sentences

EXAMPLE

I went to NY last year

I visited my neighbor yesterday

Negative and Questions

For negative and Questions sentences we use the auxiliary DID not / DID

EXAMPLES

I did not forget our date

I didn't grow in Mexico

DID you send your homework?

DID you forbid your friend?

What did you write in the last question?

Where did you get the cotton candy?

verbs review

you will have 1 minute to gaze at your verbs list from your student's book on page 175 focus on the unusual verbs and try to remember the past of those verbs

Multiple Choice

begin

• began

• begined

• begun

Multiple Choice

forbid

• forbiden

• forbided

• forbade

Multiple Choice

hide

• hided

• hiden

• hid

Multiple Choice

hold

• held

• holden

• holded

Multiple Choice

throw

• threw

• throwed

• thewed

Let's practice Simple past with a speaking activity

PAST CONTINUOUS

We use past continuous to talk about activities that we do during a specific time in the past.

we use WAS/WERE + verb*ing

EXAMPLES

I was running

She was sleeping

Negative and Questions

For negative and questions we're going to use the negative and question form of BE in past.

EXAMPLES

I wasn't sleeping

We weren't working

Was she playing outside?

Were you studying for the exam?

LET'S PRACTICE

What were you doing yesterday at 9 pm?

HOW CAN WE CONNECT SIMPLE PAST AND PAST CONTINUOUS ?

A SPOOKY STORY

yesterday, when I was alone at home, I was in the kitchen, I was preparing a sandwich for dinner when suddenly the TV turned on. Then I heard a strange noise in the garden. I decided to go out and check what was happening. But when I was walking to the door, the dog barked and jumped at me. It wasn't any special sound it just was my dog biting the remote control.

Multiple Choice

I ________ (sit) in a cafe when you ________(call)

• was sitting / called

• sit / were calling

Multiple Choice

Susie _________(watch) a film when she______ (hear) the noise.

• watched / heard

• watched / was hearing

• was watching/ heard

Multiple Choice

Yesterday I _______(go) to the library, next I _____(have) a swim, later I _____(meet) Julie for coffee.

• went/ had/ met

• was going/ had /met

• went/ was having/ met

Multiple Choice

We _______(play) tennis when John ______(hurt) his ankle.

• was playing/ hurt

• were playing/ hurt

• played/ was hurting

Multiple Choice

What ______(they/do) at 10pm last night - it was really noisy?

• did they do

• were you doing

Multiple Choice

Yesterday I _______(go) to the library, next I _____(have) a swim, later I _____(meet) Julie for coffee.

• went/ had/ met

• was going/ had /met

• went/ was having/ met