1. The document discusses the differences between the past continuous and past simple tenses in English. 2. The past continuous is used to talk about situations or actions that were ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the past. It is formed using was/were + verb+ing. 3. The past simple is used to talk about completed actions or situations that happened entirely in the past. It is formed using the past tense form of regular and irregular verbs.

1. PAST CONTINUOUS VS PAST SIMPLE

2. • I
• HE/SHE WAS + ING
• IT
• WE WERE verb ending in E= ING
• YOU +ING verbs ending in Y= ING
• THEY

3. Past continuous Uses
We use the Past Continuous to talk about
situations in the past and images...
AFFIRMATIVE sb+was/were+ING+Complement
She was singing into the pool
We were studying for the P.M. exam
NEGATIVE sb+wasn’t/weren’t+ING+Complement
I wasn’t driving my yellow bike that day
You weren’t going school after dinner

4. Past continuous Uses
• We use the Past Continuous to talk about a
specific situation in the past and images
• INTERROGATIVE INVERSION
WAS/WERE+SUBJECT+ING+COMPLEMENT?
Was your father driving his new car on the autobahn?
Were your friends hiding their mobiles in a PM class last
day?

5. PAST SIMPLE
• USES: We use the past simple to talk about past
finished actions
• PAST EXPRESSIONS
• Last week, last summer, last year...
• Ago(at the end)
• EXAMPLES:
I did a spanish course last summer
He anuled his party last week finished
My dad studied 40 years ago. actions

7. FORMS OF SIMPLE PAST:
AFFIRMATIVE: SB+VERB IN PAST+COMPL.
regular and irregular
I forgot my mobile at home because I`m stupid (Irregular)
The match ended very well
NEGATIVE Did/didn’t
INTERROGATIVE

8. QUESTION
• QASI=(Question word)+ auxiliary(Did)+SB+INF
• Where did you study last morning?
• When did you meet your brother Rossi?
• Negative= SB+ didn’t+infinitive+compl.
• We didn’t meet our brother Rossi at school
• They didn’t visit us at your house

9. PAST CONTINUOUS & PAST SIMPLE
• Past continuous= Long activity
• Past simple= Short activity
WHEN+Past simple
While+Past continuous
I was speaking with my teacher Valentini
My dad came into the english class at 8 a.m
We were explaining the england country
When Alex’s students opened the car door