The document discusses the simple past and past continuous tenses in English. It provides examples of using each tense to describe completed and incomplete past actions. The simple past is used for actions that were completed at a specific time in the past, while the past continuous describes actions that were ongoing or incomplete during a time in the past. Examples are given to illustrate using each tense and distinguish between them.

1. Simple Past
2.Past habits
Συνήθειες στο παρελθόν
1.Completed actions
in the past
Ολοκληρωμένες πράξεις στο παρελθόν

2. Susan ……………………… (drink) some water.
They ……………………… (stay) in a good hotel last summer.
We ………………….. (go) to Rome last Christmas.
Peter and I ……………………… (read) Gulliver’s book.
The school …………………… (close) at 1 yesterday.
I …………………… (swim) in the pool yesterday evening.
He …………………… (study) a lot for his exam.
Complete the sentences with the
correct form of past simple in
affirmative.
drank
stayed
went
read
closed
swam
studied

3. Susan ……………………… (drink) some water.
They ……………………… (stay) in a good hotel last summer.
We ………………….. (go) to Rome last Christmas.
Peter and I ……………………… (read) Gulliver’s book.
The school …………………… (close) at 1 yesterday.
I …………………… (swim) in the pool yesterday evening.
He …………………… (study) a lot for his exam.
Complete the sentences with the
correct form of past simple in
negative.
didn’t drink
didn’t stay
didn’t go
didn’t read
didn’t close
didn’t swim
didn’t study

4. Susan / (drink) some water.
They /(stay) in a good hotel last summer.
We /(go) to Rome last Christmas.
Peter and I/(read) Gulliver’s book.
The school / (close) at 1 yesterday.
I/(swim) in the pool yesterday evening.
He / (study) a lot for his exam.
Complete the sentences with the
correct form of past simple in
negative.
Did Susan drink some water?
Did we go to Rome last Christmas?
Did Peter and I read Gulliver’s book?
Did the school close at 1 yesyterday?
Did I swim in the pool yesyerday
evening?
Did he study a lot for his exam?
Did they stay in a good hotel?

5. I was
You were
He was
She was
It was
We were
You were
They were
Affirmative
I wasn’t
You weren’t
He wasn’t
She wasn’t
It wasn’t
We weren’t
You weren’t
They weren’t
Interrogative
Was I?
Were you?
Was he?
Was she?
Was it?
Were we?
Were you?
Were they?
Negative

6. 1.The old man worked in his ______ all weekend.
2.The blonde woman visited some _____ friends from college.
They talked about the ____ ____ days.
3.The woman with the short hair played baseball on __________.
On ______ she stayed at home and rested in her _______.
4.The man with the moustache said his _______ Leonard called him
on ________ morning.
His wife and three kids wanted to visit him on _______.
He and his wife ______ the furniture, they ______bread.
But Leonard called ______ morning and said they wouldn’t come.
Για πράξεις
που ολοκληρώθηκαν
στο παρελθόν και
ξέρουμε το πότε.
garden
old
good old
Saturday
Sunday yard
cousin
Saturday
Sunday
dusted baked
Sunday

7. Yes or No?
Mother and Dannie went to the bank this afternoon. YES/NO
Mother and Dannie didn't go to the supermarket YES/NO
Dannie didn’t go to the doctor this morning. YES/NO
Father went to the post office and went bowling this morning YES/NO

8. Yes or No?
Mother and Dannie went to the bank this afternoon. YES/NO
Mother and Dannie didn't go to the supermarket YES/NO
Dannie didn’t go to the doctor this morning. YES/NO
Father went to the post office and went bowling this morning YES/NO

9. Write what they did .
Example: 1.He got up late.
2.She had a very small ________
3.He took the ______
4. ____________________________
5. ____________________________
6. ____________________________
7. ____________________________
Για πράξεις
που ολοκληρώθηκαν
στο παρελθόν και
ξέρουμε το πότε.

10. Write what they did .
Example: 1.He got up late.
2.She had a very small ________
3.He took the ______
4. ____________________________
5. ____________________________
6. ____________________________
7. ____________________________
Για πράξεις
που ολοκληρώθηκαν
στο παρελθόν και
ξέρουμε το πότε.
breakfast
subway
She did her exercises
She bought bananas
She read a novel
He wrote a poem

11. Adverbs/επιρρήματα :
yesterday, last summer, last week, last
month, etc.
questions about the past/με ερωτήσεις: When, how long ago
expressions with prepositions/χρονικοί
προσδιορισμοί:
at 4 o'clock, on Monday, in July etc.
adverbial clauses/επιρρηματικές
προτάσεις:
till he arrived / when I was at college

12. Διαφορές /Differences
Simple Past
Past Continuous
1. Μια πράξη που
ολοκληρώθηκε στο
παρελθόν και ξέρουμε πότε.
1. Μια πράξη που είχε
διάρκεια στο παρελθόν και
μπορεί να ήταν προσωρινή

13. Past simple for complete actions# Past Continuous for incomplete
actions
Απλός Αόριστος για ολοκληρωμένες πράξεις # Αόριστος Διαρκείας για
προσωρινές πράξεις
she cooked.

14. He went
Past simple for complete actions# Past Continuous for incomplete
actions
Απλός Αόριστος για ολοκληρωμένες πράξεις # Αόριστος Διαρκείας για
προσωρινές πράξεις

15. He ate
Past simple for complete actions# Past Continuous for incomplete
actions
Απλός Αόριστος για ολοκληρωμένες πράξεις # Αόριστος Διαρκείας για
προσωρινές πράξεις

16. He used to dance=He danced a lot.
Past simple for habits * # Past Continuous for incomplete actions
Απλός Αόριστος για συνήθειες # Αόριστος Διαρκείας για ημιτελείς
πράξεις