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PAST SIMPLE
PAST CONTINUOUS
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PAST SIMPLE
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PAST SIMPLE
Form:
Questions:
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PAST SIMPLE
Form:
Infinitive + ed
Questions:
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PAST SIMPLE
Form:
Infinitive + ed
There are also many irregular verbs
Questions:
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PAST SIMPLE
Form:
Infinitive + ed
There are also many irregular verbs
Questions:
Negatives:
did + pronoun + infinitive
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PAST SIMPLE
Form:
Infinitive + ed
There are also many irregular verbs
Questions:
Negatives:
did + pronoun + infinitive
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did not (didn’t) + infinitive
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PAST SIMPLE
Short verbs :
stop
Form:
Infinitive + ed
There are also many irregular verbs
Questions:
Negatives:
did + pronoun + infinitive
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did not (didn’t) + infinitive
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PAST SIMPLE
Short verbs :
stop stopped
(1syllable + 1 consonant + 1vowel
= 2 consonants)
Form:
Infinitive + ed
There are also many irregular verbs
Questions:
Negatives:
did + pronoun + infinitive
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did not (didn’t) + infinitive
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PAST SIMPLE
Consonant + y :
study
Short verbs :
stop stopped
(1syllable + 1 consonant + 1vowel
= 2 consonants)
Form:
Infinitive + ed
There are also many irregular verbs
Questions:
Negatives:
did + pronoun + infinitive
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did not (didn’t) + infinitive
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PAST SIMPLE
Consonant + y :
study studied
(change -y to -ied)
Short verbs :
Stop Stopped
(1syllable + 1 consonant + 1vowel
= 2 consonants)
Form:
Infinitive + ed
There are also many irregular verbs
Questions:
Negatives:
did + pronoun + infinitive
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did not (didn’t) + infinitive
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PAST CONTINUOUS
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PAST CONTINUOUS
Form:
Questions:
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PAST CONTINUOUS
Form:
was / were + verb + ing
Questions:
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PAST CONTINUOUS
Form:
was / were + verb + ing
Questions:
Negatives:
was / were (wasn’t / weren’t)
+ verb+ ing
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PAST CONTINUOUS
Form:
was / were + verb + ing
Questions:
Negatives:
was / were + pronoun + verb + ing
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was / were (wasn’t / weren’t)
+ verb+ ing
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PAST CONTINUOUS
Continuous tense
=
be + verb+ ing
Form:
was / were + verb + ing
Questions:
Negatives:
was / were + pronoun + verb + ing
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was / were (wasn’t / weren’t)
+ verb+ ing
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PAST CONTINUOUS
The Past Continuous
is sometimes called
Past Progressive
Continuous tense
=
be + verb+ ing
Form:
was / were + verb + ing
Questions:
Negatives:
was / were + pronoun + verb + ing
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was / were (wasn’t / weren’t)
+ verb+ ing
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PAST SIMPLE VS PAST CONTINUOUS
Past Simple
• For something in the past
which is finished.
Past Continuous
• For an action that we were in
the middle of.
My father bought a new car
last month
• To tell the events of a story.
He opened the door, switched
on the light
• A habitual action (routine) in
the past.
He often told me he was the
best player
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He was waling in the street
when I met him
• To insist on how long the
action lasted.
He was studying literature for
ten years
•
We normally do not use Past
Continuous with state verbs
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PAST SIMPLE VS PAST CONTINUOUS
Past Simple
Use with:
yesterday
…ago
in 1995
the other day
last Friday
when
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Past Continuous
Use with:
while
as long as
when
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PAST SIMPLE VS PAST CONTINUOUS
When Mary arrived,
we were having dinner
…at the same time
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When Mary arrived,
we had dinner
…after another action
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