2. Simple past We describe an action complete in the PAST. Examples I baked a cake yesterday. I played a tennis game on Sunday.
3. Past progressive We use it to talk about an action in progress in the PAST. Examples I was driving to work yesterday. She was trying to do do .
4. Past progressive and simple past We use this combination to talk about an action that was interrupted by another action. The simple past interrupts the action. was playing picked Mario was playing videogames, when his mom picked him up.
5. When we use the past progressive with while/when. We are talking about two actions in progress at the same time in the past. While Carlos was playing the game, Marias was cheering for him.
6. Two sentences in the simple past, can mean something different than one in the simple past and one in the past progressive. When the movie finished, she left. (she left when the movie finished) When the movie was finishing, she left. (the movie had not ended when she left)
7. STRUCTURES – SIMPLE PAST AFFIRMATIVE STATEMENTS SUBJECT+VERB(PAST). NEGATIVE STATEMENTS SUBJECT+DIDN’T+VERB(PAST). YES/NO QUESTIONS DID+SUBJECT+VERB(PRESENT)? WH- QUESTIONS WH…+DID+SUBJECT+VERB(PRESENT)? I PLAYED THE PIANO. SHE ATE A LOT. I DIDN’T PLAY THE PIANO. DID HE LIKE THE CAT? YES, HE DID. NO, HE DIDN’T. WHAT DID SHE EAT?
8. STRUCTURES – PAST PROGRESSIVE AFFIRMATIVE STATEMENTS SUBJECT+WAS/WERE+VERB(ING). NEGATIVE STATEMENTS SUBJECT+WAS/WERE (NOT)+VERB(ING). YES/NO QUESTIONS WAS/WERE+SUBJECT+VERB(ING)? WH- QUESTIONS WH…+WAS/WERE+SUBJECT+VERB(ING)? HE WAS ATTENDING A WEDDING. THEY WERE NOT DRIVING TO SCHOOL. WAS HE PLAYING TODAY? YES, HE WAS. NO, HE WASN’T. WHAT WAS SHE DOING OVER THERE?
