Grammar

1. PAST SIMPLE
AND
PAST
CONTINUOUS
REVIEW

3. *Auxiliar verb: DO (DID / DIDN’T)

4. SIMPLE PAST
Finished actions or situations in the past
One thing happened after another

5. SAY THE SENTENCE IN
THE NEGATIVE AND
INTERROGATIVE FORM

7. CHECK IT OUT:
 AFF: There was a man...
 NEG: There wasn’t a man...
 INT: Was there a man...?
 AFF: The cat ate my breakfast.
 NEG: The cat didn’t eat my
breakfast.
 INT: Did the cat eat my breakfast?
 AFF: The dog chewed up my
slippers.
 NEG: The dog didn’t chew up
my slippers.
 INT: Did the dog chew up my
slippers?

10. PAST CONTINUOUS
Talk about activities in progress at the moment in
the past
Describe scenes in a story, for example
Talk about an activity in progress when another
interrupted it

11.  AFF: You were talking to Suzie.
 NEG: You weren’t talking to Suzie.
 INT: Were you talking to Suzie?
CHECK IT OUT!

12. WHILE / WHEN
They have similar meanings, but they emphasize
different parts of the sentence.
Examples:
I was studying when she called.
While I was studying, she called.

13.  “WHILE” (emphasizes the duration) - usually followed by
past continuous.
 “WHEN” at or during the time that something happens
 We can use WHEN/WHILE to introduce the long action

14. WHEN OR WHILE?
WHEN = to introduce the SHORT action
When I got a text message, I was having class.
WHILE / WHEN = to introduce the LONG action
I got a text message while / when I was having class.