past continuous vs past simple

2. I
He/She Was + ing
It
We
You Verbs ending in E  ING
They come  coming
Verbs ending in Y  YING
Stay  Staying
1 syllable CVC  we double C
Drop  dropping, run  running

3.  We use the past continuous to talk about
situations in the past and images...
 AFFIRMATIVE sub+WAS/WERE+ing+Complement
 She was jumping into the pool
 We were playing wii
 Negative sub+wasn’t/weren’t+ing+complement
 I wasn’t playing nintendo that day
 You weren’t talking to your mum

4.  We use the past continuous to talk about
situations in the past and images...
 Interrogative Inversion
Was your father driving
his new car to his work?
Were your friends hiding
from Silvia? Was/were+subject+ing+complement

5. Marc wasn’t playing with the
ball, he was inside a cartoon
box.
Aina was painting with his best
friend ant they were having a
great time together.
Gemma wasn’t painting, she
was creating things
Alba wasn’t playing with figures,
she was playing to the witches.
Were all the girls wearing
trousers?
Was Jaime having fun with the
yo-yo

6.  Uses:
 We use the past simple to talk about past finished
actions
 Past expressions
 Last week, last summer, last year, last month...
 AGO at the end
 Examples
 I did a french trimester last summer Finished
 He enjoyed at his home last month  actions

7.  Affirmative: SB+VERB IN PAST+COMPLE
 Regular and irregular verbs
 I forgot my laptop at home this
afternoon(irregular)
 The class ended very soon(regular).
 Negative  Did/didn’t
 Interrogative  Did/didn’t

8.  Quasi=
 Question word+auxiliary(DID+SB+inf?
 When did you study last day?
 Where did you find your cousin?
 Negative:
 SB+didn’t+infinitive+complement
 I didn’t study last day.
 I didn’t find my cousin, she bored and scared
me.

9.  Past Continuos= LONG ACTIVITY
 Past Simple= Interrumped/Short ACTIVITY
WHEN + past simple
WHILE + past continuos
 I was talking to my friend Judith WHEN my
mum came into the park.
 We were explaining the Past Continuous
 WHEN Lurde’s students interrumped the
door.

10.  While I was studying, the phone rang.
 My father hurt while he was climbing on the
mountain
 I was playing on my tablet while my brother
saw TV.