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Past simple and past continuous 3°
This document discusses the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. It provides information on the form, use, and time expressions for each tense. For the past simple, the form is the same for all persons and most regular verbs add "-ed" while there are many irregular verbs. It is used for finished past actions and past situations/habits. For the past continuous, the form is "was/were + verb + -ing" and it is used to express activities in progress before or after a time in the past, for descriptions, and interrupted/incomplete past activities. Both tenses can be used with time expressions like dates, times, and durations.
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- 1. Past Simple Mrs. AnabelMontes - English teacher
- 2. Form • the formis the same for all persons –He left at three o’clock. –They arrived three weeks ago. I.E.P «Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe»
- 3. Use • a finishedaction in the past –We met in 2007. • action that follow each other in a story –Mary walked into the room and stopped. I.E.P «Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe»
- 4. • a pastsituation or habit –When I was a child, we lived in a small house by the sea. • most regular verbs add –ed to the base form of the verb ( worked, wanted, helped .....) • there are many common irregular verbs ( go-went, meet-met, see- saw,.....) I.E.P «Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe»
- 5. Time expressions: • Threemonths ago • Last night • Two days ago • Yesterday • Last Friday • In 1987 I.E.P «Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe»
- 6. Past continuous I.E.P «NuestraSeñora de Guadalupe»
- 7. Form • Was /were + verb + -ing: –They were driving to Paris. –We weren’t waiting for a long time. –What were they doing? I.E.P «Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe»
- 8. Use • to expressactivities in progress before, and probably after, a particular time in the past –At 7 0’clock this morning I was having my breakfast. I.E.P «Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe»
- 9. • For descriptions –Janlooked beautiful.She was wearing a green dress. • To express an interrupted past activity –When the phone rang, I was having a shower. • To express an incomplete activity –I was reading a book during the flight. I.E.P «Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe»
- 10. Time expressions: • Thistime yesterday • All last night • between seven and eight yesterday evening • at noon yesterday • at ten yesterday I.E.P «Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe»