Simple Past Tense and Past Continuous Tense

The auxiliary verb used in Simple Past Tense is...

• Did

• Does

• To be for past

We use simple past tense to refer to...

• actions happening in the future

• actions happening at the moment

• finished past actions

The following time signals can be used in simple past tense, except...

• yesterday

• right now

• last night

Past continuous tense uses the following to be, except...

• was

• is

• were

Past Continuous tense is used to describe...

• actions in progress at a specific time in the past

• actions that began and finished in the past

• actions in progress at the moment

I _______ him last year! He was so friendly!

• meet

• met

• am meeting

The following sentences use simple past tense, except...

• I joined the meeting last night

• I saw him yesterday

• They were looking at you

Which one of the following sentences that uses past continuous tense?

• I worked on the assignment

• I did not eat the chocolate

• What were you doing at 8 AM?

Which of the following is correct...

• Simple past tense uses the auxiliary verbs do and does

• Past continues tense uses the auxiliary verb did

• Past continuous tense uses the to be for past (was & were)

They _______ playing video games, when their mom called. Choose the correct answer to fill in the blank!

• do

• were

• was