The document discusses the past continuous and past simple tenses in English. It provides examples of how to form the past continuous using was/were + verb+ing, and how to use it to talk about ongoing actions in a specific past time. It also covers forming and using the past simple tense to talk about completed past actions, including irregular verbs. Examples are given of using the past continuous to describe long activities and the past simple for interrupted or short activities.

1. ALBA TORRES CID
ENGLISH

2. PAST CONTINUOUS FORM
 I
 HE/ SHE WAS + ING
 IT
VERBS ENDING IN E: ING
WE WRITE: WRITTING
YOU VERBS ENDING IN Y: YING
THEY PLAY: PLAYING
CARRY: CARRYING
1 SYLLABLE CVC: WE DOUBLE C
DROP: DROPING
RUN: RUNNING
CLAP: CLAPPING

3. PAST CONTINUOUS USES
 WE USE THE PAST CONTINUOUS TO TALK
ABOUT A SPECIFIC SITUATION IN THE PAST AND
IMAGES...
 AFIRMATIVE SB+WAS/WERE+ING+COMPLEMENT
 SHE WAS JUMPING INTO THE POOL.
 WE WERE STUDYING FOR THE MATHS EXAM.
 NEGATIVE SB+WASN’T/WEREN’T+ING+COMPLEMENT
 I WASN’T DRIVING MY CAR THAT DAY
 YOU WEREN’T GOING HOME AFTER SCHOOL.

4. PAST CONTINUOUS USES
 WE USE THE PAST CONTINUOUS TO TALK
ABOUT A SPECIFIC SITUATION IN THE PAST AND
IMAGES...
INTERROGATIVE INVERSION
-WAS YOUR FATHER
DRIVING HIS NEW WAS/WERE+SUBJECT+
CAR TO THIS WORK? ING+COMPLEMENT
-WERE YOUR FRIENDS
HIDING THEIR MOBILES
IN CLASS?

5. AT MY BROTHER’S PARTY LAST WEEK...
 Mark was meeting his girlfriend and they were hugging
and kissing.
 Fabio and his friend Josephine were dancing and having
a great time together.
 Sylvia wasn’t drawing she was explaining us something
personal.
 Were all the boys wearing a suit? No, they weren’t
 Was Sylvia wearing a blue skirt? Yes, she was.

6. PAST SIMPLE
 USES:
 WE USE THE PAST SIMPLE TO TALK ABOUT
PAST FINISHED ACTIONS.
 PAST EXPRESSIONS:
 LAST WEEK, LAST YEAR, LAST MONTH...
 EXAMPLES:
I DID AN ENGLISH COURSE LAST SUMMER.
HE ENJOYED HIS PARTY LAST WEEK.
MY SISTER DANCED 4 YEARS AGO.
FINISHED
ACTIONS

7. FORMS OF SIMPLE PAST:
 AFIRMATIVE: SB+VERB+IN PAST+COMPLEMENT.
I FORGOT MY MOBILE AT HOME THIS MORNING (IRR)
THE FILM ENDED VERY LATE (REGULAR)
 NEGATIVE
 INTERROGATIVE
REGULAR & IRREGULAR VERBS
DID/DIDN’T

8. QUESTION
 QASI:
 (QUESTION WORD)+AUXILIARY (DID)+SB+INF?
 WHERE DID YOU STUDY LAST NIGHT?
 WHEN DID YOU MEET YOUR FRIEND ROSSIE?
 NEGATIVE:
 SB+DIDN’T+INFINITIVE+COMPLEMENT
 WE DIDN’T MEET OUR FRIEND ROSSIE AT SCHOOL.
 THEY DIDN’T VISIT US AT CONVIS.

9. PAST CONTINUOUS & PAST SIMPLE
 PAST CONTINUOUS = LONG ACTIVITY
 PAST SIMPLE = INTERRUPTED/ SHORT ACTIVITY
WHEN + PAST SIMPLE
WHILE + PAST CONTINUOUS
I WAS CHATTING WITH MY FRIEND NOAH WHEN
MY MUM CAME INTO MY ROOM.
WE WHERE EXPLAININGN THE PAST
CONTINUOUS.
WHEN ALEX’S STUDENTS OPENED THE DOOR.

10. WHILE = LONG ACTION
 WHILE I WAS DOING MY HOMEWORK, MY
BROTHER ARRIVED HOME.
 MY FATHER FELL WHILE HE WAS REAPIRING A
CUPBOARD.