The document compares the simple past and past continuous tenses in English, outlining their formation, usage, and time signals. It includes examples of both tenses in positive, negative, and interrogative forms, as well as exercises for practice. The simple past is used for completed actions, while the past continuous describes ongoing actions at specific times in the past.

1. SIMPLE PAST
VS
PAST CONTINUOUS
•Aviliana Tanujaya
•Bernika Indah Agustina
•Marcel Cornelis
•Maria Ovelia

2. Formula
(+) S + V2
(-) S + did + not + V1
(?) Did + S + V1
(+)S + to be(was/were) + V ing
(-) S + was/were + not + V ing
(?) Was/were + S + V ing
I/She/ He/It Was
We/You/They Were
Simple Past Past Continuous

3. Function
 Stating activities or
events that occur at
specific times in the past
and ended sometime in
the past
 Stating activities/events
that occur at specific
times in the past without
using the information
provided is clear.
 Used to declare
activities / events taking
place when the activity
or other events that
occurred sometime in
the past by using the
time information when
and while
Simple Past Past Continuous

4. Time Signal
Use time signal such:
 Yesterday,
 Last week,
 Last ..,
 Ago,
 Half in hour ago,
 When,
 in 1998,etc.
Use time signal such:
 While
Simple Past Past Continuous

6. Example
(+) We played football
last week
(-) We did not play
football last week
(?)Did we play
football last week?
(+) She was reading
a magazine
(-) She was not
reading a magazine
(?) Was she reading
a magazine?
Simple Past Past Continuous

7. Exercise for Simple Past
 Last year I (go)________to England on
holiday.
 It (be)________fantastic.
 I (visit)________lots of interesting places.
I (be)________with two friends of mine .
 In the mornings we (walk)________in the
streets of London.
 In the evenings we (go)________to pubs.
 It (not / rain)__________a lot.
 But we (see)_________some beautiful
rainbows.

8. Exercise for Past Continuous
 Yesterday at six I (prepare)________dinner.
 The kids (play)________in the garden when it suddenly
began to rain.
 I (practice)________the guitar when he came home.
 We (not / cycle)________all day.
 While Alan (work)_________in his room, his friends
(swim)________in the pool.
 I tried to tell them the truth but they (not / listen
)________.
 What (you / do)________yesterday?
 Most of the time we (sit)________in the park.
 I (listen)_______to the radio while my sister
(watch)________TV.
 We (study)_________English yesterday at 4:00 pm .
 When I phoned my friends, they (play)________monopoly.
 When I arrived, They (play)________cards.