A presentation to practice past tense and past continuous

1. WARM-UP
Past Simple & Past Continuous

2. BAY OF PIGS INVASION
Cuban Exiles, backed by the U.S. Government, invaded the
Bay of Pigs, in Cuba, with a plan to overthrow the dictator
Fidel Castro.
The U.S. government chose to back the exiles because they
disapproved of Cuba's government.
The invasion eventually failed, after JFK decided to not
provide air support to the exiles.
1- Read the following text, about an important event in the past, and pay special attention
to the words in yelllow, What tense are they in? What other verbs can you think about in
the past tense form?

3. PAST TENSES REVIEW
Past Simple & Past Continuous

4. 1. PAST SIMPLE: We use it to describe finished past actions
and situations.
I played tennis yesterday.
2. PAST CONTINUOUS: We use it to describe past actions
that were still in progress at a given point.
At 5 o´clock, I was playing tennis.
2- Now, take a look at how we use the past simple and the past continuous:

5. SOME REMINDERS:
1. PAST SIMPLE
- In affirmative sentences we use the Past Form of the verb.
- Some verbs take irregular forms. For example: buy, cost,
fall, fly, know, pay, see, sit, stand, think, write, make.
- In negative sentences we combine didn’t + verb.
- For questions we use Did + Subject + verb.

6. SOME REMINDERS:
2. PAST CONTINUOUS
- In affirmative sentences we combine was / were and
the verb (ing) .
- In negative sentences we combine
wasn’t / weren’t + verb (ing)
- For questions we use was/were + Subject + verb (ing)?

7. COMBINING TENSES:
When we combine Past Simple and Past Continuous, we
usually do it to establish a contrast between two
simultaneous actions.
One action that started first, and was in progress and…
A second action that happened before the first action
ended, somehow, interrupting it.

8. COMBINING TENSES:
For example:
I was reading when you texted me.
Notice: (The use of connector “when” is very important in this case)
When my parents first met, they were studying at university.
Notice: (The use of comma in order to connect the two ideas is very important in this
case)
Past continuous
Simple past
Simple past
Past continuous

9. 3-Now you are ready to practice! Continue with the next step
of the lesson!