Past Simple and Past Continuous

Past Simple: Uses

• Completed actions in the past

• Past habits

• Past actions at a specific time

• Actions in progress in the past

Answer explanation

Past Continuous: Uses

• Setting a scene

• Actions in progress in the past

• Completed actions in the past

• Interrupted actions in the past

Answer explanation

Past Simple: Regular verbs

• Add:
  -ing

  -ying
  double consonant -ing

• Remove the last letter

• Add '-

• Add:
  -ed
  -ied
  -d

  double consonant -ed

Answer explanation

Past Simple: Form (-)

• do/does + infinitive

• am/is/are + verb in the Past Simple

• didn't + verb in the Past Simple

• didn't + verb -ing

Answer explanation

Past Simple: Form (?)

• did + subject + infinitive

• did + subject + verb in the Past Simple

• do/does + subject + infinitive

• subject + did + infinitive

Answer explanation

Past Continuous: Form (+)

• was + infinitive

• were + verb in simple past

• verb -ing + was/were

• was/were + verb -ing

Answer explanation

Past Continuous: Form (-)

• wasn't/weren't + infinitive

• wasn't/weren't + verb in simple past

• verb -ing + was/were

• wasn't/weren't + verb -ing

Answer explanation

Past Continuous: Form (?)

• wasn't/weren't + subject + infinitive

• was/were + subject + verb -ing

• verb -ing + was/were

• subject + was/were + verb -ing

Answer explanation

Past Simple and Past Continuous: Difference

• Past Simple: completed actions
  Past Continuous: actions in progress

• Past Simple: actions in progress
  Past Continuous: completed actions

Answer explanation

Past Simple:
Yesterday, she ________ (eat) a pizza.

• ate

• were eating

• was eating

• eated

Answer explanation

It's a completed action in the past.

It's an irregular verb, it changes: eat - ate.