1. Past Present Simple An action that ended at a point in the past An action that exists, is usual or repeated Cooked (regular) Bought (irregular) Aux : DID (negative & questions) Cook/cooks Buy/buys Aux : DO/DOES (negative & questions) Time clue Yesterday, last month, Every day, often, usually, sometimes Continuous Be+gerund Action that happened at a moment in the past. An action was happening when another interrupted. An action that is happening now Was/were cooking Am/is/are cooking Time clue When, while* (combined with past simple actions –long/short action-) Now, in this moment, this week, this minute…
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4. Past Continuous Affirmative Negative Questions Sbj+was/were+vb(gerund) They were working here Sbj+wasn’t/weren’t+gerund They weren’t working here Yes/No questions Was/were+Sbj+gerund? Were they working here? Wh-Questions Wh-+was/were+Sbj+gerund Why were they working here?
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