This document provides information about the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. It discusses seven group members working on the topic. It defines tense and explains how verb tenses are categorized based on time frame (present, past, future) and aspect (simple, continuous, perfect, perfect continuous). It then focuses on the past tense and defines the past simple and past continuous tenses. It provides examples of their structures in affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences. It also discusses their uses for completed actions, habits, durations, and interrupted actions. Finally, it highlights the differences between the simple past and past continuous tenses.

2. PAST SIMPLE TENSE
PAST CONTINUOS TENSE
TOPIC

3. GROUP MEMBERS
1. MARYAM KHALID
2. MEHR UN NISA
3. NAYAB MEHMOOD
4. NAUREENA SAYED
5. NOOR FAIZA
6. MEERAB SAJJAD
7. MUHAMMAD SAAD

5. TENSE
TENSE IS A
CHANGE OF
FORM
IN A VERB TO
EXPRESS THE
TIME OF AN
ACTION.

6. BASED ON TIME FRAME
THE VERB TENSES MAY BE CATEGORIZED
ACCORDING TO THE TIME FRAME
 PRESENT TENSE
 PAST TENSE
 FUTURE TENSE

8. BASED ON ASPECT
ASPECT REFERS TO THE NATURE
OF THE ACTION DESCRIBED BY
THE VERB
1. SIMPLE OR INDEFINITE
2. CONTINUOS OR
PROGRESSIVE
3. PERFECT OR COMPLETE
4. PERFECT CONTINUOS

9. PAST TENSE
• REFERS TO A VERB TENSE THAT
EXPRESSES ACTIONS OR STATES IN
THE PAST.
• IT IS A VERB FORM THAT SHOW
ACTION THAT HAS ALREADY TAKEN
PLACE.

10. PAST SIMPLE

11. THE SIMPLE PAST
TENSE DESCRIBES
ACTIONS AND STATES
THAT BEGAN AND
ENDED AT A SPECIFIC
TIME IN THE PAST.

13. FOR EXAMPLE:
• I WENT TO THE MARKET
• SHE PLAYED VOLLEY BALL LAST
SATURDAY
• SARA LIVED IN LAHORE FOR 5
YEARS

14. STRUCTURE
FOR AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES:
SUBJECT + 2nD FORM OF VERB + OBJECT
I TOOK TEA

15. MORE EXAMPLES
• IT STOPPED RAINING.
• THEY INVITED THEIR FRIENDS.
• SHE WALKED TO SCHOOL.
• THEY WATCHED A FILM.
• JUNIORS ARRANGED A FAREWELL PARTY FOR
THE SENIORS.
• I WROTE A LETTER.
• YOU SOLVED A SUM.

16. PAST TENSE TIME
EXPRESSIONS
Past tense time expressions are words or
phrases in sentences that indicates when the
action occurred.
EXAMPLES:
Yesterday 5 days ago
Last night 3 weeks ago
Last week 7 years ago
10 min ago 4 months ago

17. EXAMPLES WITH TIME
EXPRESSIONS:
• I WORKED HARD LAST WEEKEND.
• I WENT TO PARIS LAST JULY.
• I WENT THE BEACH LAST SUNDAY.
• I BOUGHT A NEW PEN YESTERDAY.

18. ENGLISH HAS TWO
TYPES OF VERBS IN THE
PAST TENSE:
1. REGULAR VERBS
2. IRREGULAR VERBS

19. DO YOU KNOW ABOUT REGULAR
AND IRREGULAR VERBS IN PAST
TENSE?

20. Most verbs are regular verbs
Regular verbs are those whose past
tense and past participles are formed
by adding a -d or an -ed to the end of
the verb. "To roll" is a good example of
a regular verb: roll, rolled, rolled.

21. ADD - ed ADD - d
Needed
Posted
Shouted
Talked
Walked
Played
Asked
Moved
Loved
Closed
Danced
Arrived

23. IRREGULAR VERBS
Irregular verbs are common verbs in the English
language that do not follow the simple system
of adding “d” or “ed” to the end of the word to
form the past tense. That means the spellings
can be a little tricky. Some irregular verbs follow
patterns, such as drink–drank, spring–sprang,
know-knew, and blow-blew but we can’t use
those patterns with predictability.
Unfortunately, learning irregular verbs means
memorization.

25. LOOK AT THESE VERBS!
ARE THEY REGULAR OR IRREGULAR?
1. DANCED
2. PLAYED
3. CAME
4. BOUGHT
5. READ
6. CUT
7. WROTE
8. WENT
9. LIKED

26. STRUCTURE
FOR NEGATIVE SENTENCES:
SUBJECT +DID NOT + 1ST FORM OF VERB + OBJECT
AYESHA DID NOT HELP ME

27. EXAMPLE OF NEGATIVE SENTENCES:
• I DID NOT WANT TO LEARN ENGLISH.
• YOU DID NOT LISTEN TO MUSIC
YESTERDAY.
• WE DID NOT LIVE IN KARACHI TWO
YEARS AGO.
• THE DOG DID NOT BARK OFTEN.
• SHE DID NOT BUY A NEW DRESS THIS
WEEKEND FOR THE PARTY.

28. NEGATIVE SENTENCES
WITH TIME EXPRESSIONS:
• I DID NOT LIVE IN FLAT DURING MY LAST
SUMMER HOLIDAYS.
• I DID NOT GO TO KARACHI LAST JULY.

29. STRUCTURE
FOR INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES:
DID +SUBJECT + 1ST FORM OF VERB + OBJECT
DID AYESHA HELP ME?

30. EXAMPLE OF INTERROGATIVE
SENTENCES:
• DID HE WORK YESTERDAY?
• DID SHE SEE HIM LASR NIGHT?
• DID YOU GO TO THE SUPER MARKET?
• DID SHE PLAY FOOTBALL?
• DID YOU LIVE IN LAHORE?
• DID YOU WANT TO LEARN ENGLISH?

31. Wh- questions with the
past tense verbs

32. STRUCTURE
WH-WORD+DID +SUBJECT + 1ST FORM OF VERB + OBJECT
WHEN DID SHE MEET HER FRIEND?

33. EXAMPLE OF WH-WORD
INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES

34. AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE
SIMPLE PAST TENSE : REGULAR VERBS
I
HE
SHE
IT
WE
YOU
THEY
WORKED
I
HE
SHE
IT
WE
YOU
THEY
DID NOT
WORK
I
HE
SHE
IT
WE
YOU
THEY
WORK?DID

36. Special notes of past
tense

37. 1. If a regular verb ends in
a consonant and y (or if
the final syllable of a regular verb ends in this
way),
change the y to i and then add -ed:
apply / applied; bury / buried; cry / cried;
copy / copied; defy / defied; fry / fried;
falsify / falsified; hurry / hurried; modify /
modified;
pity / pitied; qualify / qualified; reply / replied;
spy / spied; supply / supplied; try / tried

38. 2. If a regular verb ends in a vowel and y (or if the
final syllable of a regular verb ends in this way),
do not change the y to i and then add -ed:
annoy / annoyed; dismay / dismayed; enjoy /
enjoyed;
obey / obeyed; play / played; stay / stayed
3. If a regular verb ends in x, add only - ed. Do not
double the x:
box / boxed; fax / faxed; mix / mixed; tax / taxed
4. Regular verbs ending in other spelling patterns
usually
add -ed.

39. USES OF SIMPLE PAST:

40. 1. COMPLETED ACTIONS IN THE PAST:
• To express the idea that an action started and
finished at specific time in the past.
For example:
I saw a movie yesterday.
I did not see a movie yesterday.
Last year, I travelled to japan.

41. 2- A SERIES OF COMPLETED ACTIONS:
• To list a series of completed actions in the past.
These actions happened 1st,2nd ,3rd and 4th ,and
so on.
For example:
1. I finished work, walked to the beach , and
found a nice place to swim.
2. He arrived at the airport at 8:00, checked into
the hotel at 9:00, and meet the others at 10:00.

42. 3 : Duration in Past
• Can be used with a duration which starts and
stops in the past. A duration is a longer action
often indicated by expressions such as: for two
years, for five minutes, all day, all year, etc.
Examples:
I lived in Japan for two years.
Ayesha studied Japanese for five years.
They sat at the beach all day.
We talked on the phone for thirty minutes.

43. 4 : Habits in the Past
• To describe a habit which stopped in the past. It
can have the same meaning as "used to." To
make it clear that we are talking about a habit,
we often add expressions such as: always, often,
usually, never, when I was a child, when I was
younger, etc.
Examples:
I studied French when I was a child.
Did you play a musical instrument when you were
a kid?

44. 5 : Past Facts
or
Generalizations
• The Simple Past can also be used to describe
past facts or generalizations which are no
longer true.
Examples:
She was shy as a child, but now she is very
outgoing.
He didn't like tomatoes before.

45. PAST
CONTINUOS

46. • It is used to express a continued or ongoing
action in past, an ongoing action which
occurred in past and completed at some point
in past.
• For example, “he was laughing.” This
sentence shows ongoing action (laughing) of a
person which occurred in past.
• Past continuous tense is also called
past progressive.

47. STRUCTURE
For Simple Sentence:
Subject +(was, were)+First Form of Verb+(ing)+Object
ALI WAS FLYING KITE

49. I WAS WATCHING TV WHEN SHE CALLED.

50. •Children were playing games.

53. THEY WERE HAVING A BIRTHDAY PARTY
LAST SUNDAY.

54. SIGNAL WORDS
• While
• As
• when

55. STRUCTURE
For negative Sentence:
Subject +(was, were)+not+First Form of Verb+(ing)+Object
ALI WAS NOT FLYING KITE

56. Negative sentences Examples
1-They were not laughing at the joker.
2-He was not taking exam last month.
3-You were not waiting for him yesterday.
4-She was not working in a factory.
5-It was not raining yesterday.

57. STRUCTURE
For interrogative Sentence:
(was, were)+subject + First Form of Verb+ (ing)+Object
WAS ALI FLYING KITE?

58. Interrogative sentences
examples:
1. Were they laughing at the joker?
2. Was he taking exam last month?
3. Were you waiting for him yesterday?
4. Was she working in a factory?
5. Was it raining yesterday?

59. USES OF PAST
CONTINUOS

60. Use 1:
Two (or more) actions that were in progress in
the past at the same time.
For Example:
1. While I was reading, he was writing.
2. I was studying while my brother was
watching tv.

61. Use 2:
For descriptions :
For example:
 She looked like a princess. She was wearing a
long, silk dress and her eyes were shining.

62. Use 2:
To express an interrupted past activity.
For example:
1. I was having a shower when the phone rang.
2. I was walking home when it started to rain.

63. Use 3:
Often in sentences with the past simple to refer
to longer, background activities, while the past
simple refers to shorter, completed actions.
For example:
1. The children were playing in the garden when
their parents arrived.

64. Use 4:
Repeated actions (often with always).
For example:
1. They were always fighting.
2. She was always complaining about her job.

65. Use 5:
To start a story / create an atmosphere:
For example:
1. While I was driving to work yesterday ,the
sun was shining and the birds were singing.

66. Difference between simple past
and past progressive

67. Thank u