EHL101 - Past simple and continuous

PAST SIMPLE & PAST CONTINUOUS

EHL101
Andriana Manoli

PAST SIMPLE

❑Actions one after the other in the past.

''She went to the hospital and
told the doctors about the accident''

❑A finished action in the past (we always say WHEN the

action happened- yesterday, last week, a year ago, a few
minutes ago, on Monday, in 2010, in Janurary, etc.)

''I broke my leg when I was 8 years old''

PREPOSITIONS

OF TIME

Multiple Choice

I was submitted to hospital___9 o'clock last night.

• on

• in

• at

PAST SIMPLE

(REGULAR VERBS)

• Subject + verb-ed

• Only verbs in affirmative

sentences take -ed

PAST SIMPLE

SPELLING

RULES

(ONLY AFFIRMATIVE

SENTENCES)

Multiple Choice

I _____ my office on the weekend.

• tidyed

• tided

• tidied

PAST SIMPLE

(IRREGULAR VERBS)

• Subject + verb (past simple-

second column irregular
verbs)

• Only verbs in affirmative

sentences take a different
form

• List of irregulars is on Blackboard

Match

Match the verbs to their past form

• see

• take

• find

• become

• lose

saw

took

found

became

lost

• saw

• took

• found

• became

• lost

PAST CONTINUOUS

❑An action in progress at a specific time in the past.

'' I was studying at 8 o'clock last night''

❑An action which was interrupted or was in progress when

another action happened.

''I was cleaning the house when I fell.''

PAST CONTINUOUS

SUBJECT + WAS/WERE

+ VERB-ING

WE DON'T USE

CONTINUOUS WITH

STATIVE VERBS

SPELLING RULES

PAST SIMPLE & PAST CONTINUOUS

• When an action was interrupted by another action.

''I was driving when you called me''.

• When an action happened while another one was in progress

''I was working at the clinic when I saw Helen.''

Past continuous= action in progress
Past simple= action that interrupts or happens while the other one is
in progress

WHEN/WHILE

Multiple Choice

The patient ______ his ankle during the exercise session.

• injured

• was injuring

Multiple Choice

The pharmacist ______ the prescription when she _______the wrong dosage.

• checked/was noticing

• was checking/ noticed

Reorder

Put the following in the correct order:

• I

• was jogging

• when

• I tripped

• and fell down

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Multiple Choice

While the dermatologist ______ the mole, she noticed a change in color.

• checked

• was checking

• checking

• check

Multiple Choice

The patient ______ sunscreen before he went to the beach.

• apply

• was applying

• applied

• applies

Multiple Choice

The rash ______ worse after the patient used a new cream.

• becomes

• becoming

• was becoming

• became