2. Repetition: Present simple &
continuous
Present simple for facts:
- Regularly repeated actions
- Generalisations
Present continuous for actions:
- Actions at the time of speaking
- Limited periods of time
(processes)
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3. Revision:
Present simple & continuous
• present simple: focus on facts & truths
The Aare flows through Berne.
Bobby doesn‘t go out every Friday.
Do you like cartoons?
• present continuous: focus on actions
Don‘t disturb me. I am eating.
He is writing an important letter just now.
Are you using the computer at the moment?
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4. The past simple
regular verbs
irregular verbs
+ -
I
you
he/she/it
we
you
they
stayed in a hotel.
went on holiday.
didn‘t stay in a hotel.
didn‘t go on holiday.
Did you stay in a hotel? – Yes, I did.
Did you go on holiday? – No, I didn‘t.
We use the past simple to talk about finished actions in the past.
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5. The past simple (2)
infinitive past
work
stay
like
study
stop
worked
stayed
liked (just add d if verb finishes in e)
studied (y i after consonant)
stopped (double consonant if verb
finishes consonant-vowel-consonant)
Spelling rules: see appendix 3, p152.
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6. The past simple (3) – irregular verbs
• Three groups of irregular verbs:
Infinitive Past Past participle
1 hit hit hit
put put put
2 tell told told
sell sold sold
3 wake woke woken
take took taken
Irregular verbs: See appendix 2, p150.
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7. your turn!!
Work on
• Work on Appendix 2: cross out all the irregular
verbs you already know. Compile the ones you
have to learn into a new list.
• Grammar Book Unit 4, p16-17
• Murphy copies
20 minutes
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8. The past continuous
+ I
he was working.
she
it
you
we were working.
they
- I
he wasn‘t working.
she
it
you
we weren‘t working.
they
? Was he working? Yes, he was. No, he wasn‘t.
Were they working? Yes, they were. No, they weren‘t.
We use the past continuous to describe an action in progress at
a specific moment in the past.
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9. Past simple or past continuous?
• Study the following examples. What‘s the
rule?
– When I took the photo, they were writing a song.
– I was sitting at home when I saw the news on TV.
– They were waiting for us when we arrived.
– I was driving when you phoned me.
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10. Past simple or past continuous?
• Use the past simple for a completed action:
– I took the photo. / I saw the news.
– We arrived. / You phoned me.
• Use the past continuous for an action in
progress:
– They were writing a song. / I was sitting at home.
– They were waiting. / I was driving.
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