The document summarizes the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. It provides the conjugations and examples of use for each tense. The past continuous is used for actions happening at a specific time in the past, while the past simple expresses completed actions or situations in the past. Examples are given of affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences using both tenses.

1. Past Simple and Past
Continuous.
Fernicola Guadalupe y Rinaldi Victoria.

2. Past Continuous
Affirmative: Subject + was/were + present participle + object
Negative: subject + was/were + not + present participle + object
Interrogative: was/were + subject + present participle + object
Is used for actions that were happening at a specific time in the past.
Affirmative:
I was
You were
He was
She was
We were
They were
Negative:
I wasn't
You weren’t
He wasn't
She wasn't
We weren’t
They weren’t
Interrogative:
Was i
Were you
Was he
Was she
Were we
Were they

3. Past Simple
Is used for things that happened at a specific time in the past.
Regular verbs:
Verb + ed
Verb + d (verbs ending in an -e)
Y becomes I + ed (verb ending in
a -y preceded by a consonant)
Irregular verbs:
Unique past simple form
Verb to be: was/were
Affirmative: subject + verb in the past (regular/irregular) + complement
Negative: subject + didn't + infinite form of the verb + complement
Interrogative: did + subject + infinitive form of the verb

4. Examples of sentences:
Past Continuous
○ Affirmative: I was waking up very early
○ Negative: We weren't drinking a coffee
○ Interrogative: Was she painting the wall?
Past Simple
○ Affirmative: You worked very hard last week
○ Negative: She didn't live in Japan last year
○ Interrogative: Did he work in his garden yesterday?