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Englisch
- revision: present tenses
- past simple and continuous
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)
1
Englisch Grundlagen, Past tenses
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?
2
Englisch Grundlagen, Past tenses
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.
3
Englisch Grundlagen, Past tenses
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.
4
Englisch Grundlagen, Past tenses
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.
5
Englisch Grundlagen, Past tenses
your turn!!
Work on by using past simple tense, and make 8 senteces by using the
following vocabs, read it out your sentences and we will choose a winner.
1. preserve
2. assert
3. fulfill
4.undermine
5.well-being
6.upbringing
7.capacity
8. entertainment
20 minutes
6
Englisch Grundlagen, Past tenses
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.
7
Englisch Grundlagen, Past tenses
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.
8
Englisch Grundlagen, Past tenses
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.
9
Englisch Grundlagen, Past tenses
Summary
O
past future
10
Englisch Grundlagen, Past tenses
your turn!!
Work on by using past continuous tense, and make 8 senteces by using the
following vocabs, read it out your sentences and we will choose a winner.
1. tear down
2.foster
3.stimulate
4.jeopardize
5.relieve
6.energetic
7.attractive
8.dynamic
15 minutes
11
Englisch Grundlagen, Past tenses

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Basics 02 - past simple & continuous.pptx

  • 1. Englisch - revision: present tenses - past simple and continuous
  • 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) 1 Englisch Grundlagen, Past tenses
  • 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? 2 Englisch Grundlagen, Past tenses
  • 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. 3 Englisch Grundlagen, Past tenses
  • 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. 4 Englisch Grundlagen, Past tenses
  • 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. 5 Englisch Grundlagen, Past tenses
  • 7. your turn!! Work on by using past simple tense, and make 8 senteces by using the following vocabs, read it out your sentences and we will choose a winner. 1. preserve 2. assert 3. fulfill 4.undermine 5.well-being 6.upbringing 7.capacity 8. entertainment 20 minutes 6 Englisch Grundlagen, Past tenses
  • 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. 7 Englisch Grundlagen, Past tenses
  • 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. 8 Englisch Grundlagen, Past tenses
  • 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. 9 Englisch Grundlagen, Past tenses
  • 12. your turn!! Work on by using past continuous tense, and make 8 senteces by using the following vocabs, read it out your sentences and we will choose a winner. 1. tear down 2.foster 3.stimulate 4.jeopardize 5.relieve 6.energetic 7.attractive 8.dynamic 15 minutes 11 Englisch Grundlagen, Past tenses

Editor's Notes

  1. Refer to time adverbs!!