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The Past Simple-Past Continuous-1º Eso

The document discusses the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. It provides information on how to form the past simple of regular and irregular verbs as well as how to form affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences. It also discusses using the past continuous tense, including spelling rules for verbs ending in -ing. Key uses of the past simple are to describe finished past actions, habits, or states, while the past continuous is used to describe ongoing or unfinished past actions, especially those interrupted by other actions.

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The Past Simple-Past Continuous-1º Eso

The document discusses the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. It provides information on how to form the past simple of regular and irregular verbs as well as how to form affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences. It also discusses using the past continuous tense, including spelling rules for verbs ending in -ing. Key uses of the past simple are to describe finished past actions, habits, or states, while the past continuous is used to describe ongoing or unfinished past actions, especially those interrupted by other actions.

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THE PAST SIMPLE

2 types of verbs

• REGULAR
• IRREGULAR
Regular verbs form
• -ed for all persons
Play  played
Work  worked
Stay 

stayed Listen 
listened
Spelling
• 1) Double the consonant if the consonant is stressed
stop – stopped
fit - fitted

• 2)Add only –d,


when the verb
ends with –e
love – loved
save –
saved

• 3)Verbs ending in 'y' preceded by a consonant:


Change 'y' to 'i' Then add -ed.
hurry - he hurried (watch out! play – played)
Irregular verbs form

• The form CHANGES from


infinitives.
• Second column of the list.
• Can be grouped according to certain
change patterns, which helps to
memorize them.
Certain change patterns

• speak  spoke
• eat  ate
• see  saw
• fly  flew
• think  thought
Verb TO BE

I you
he
she
was we were
they
it
Past Simple Use
• Actions that started and finished in
the past

– I went to the beach last Sunday


– I bought a new car yesterday.
Past Simple Use
• Actions that happened one after the
other in the past (like in a story)
– He came in, took off his coat and
sat down.
– I went into the disco and I saw my
favourite girl, then I asked her to
dance,...
Past Simple Use
• It is used to describe past habits or
states.

- I always got up at six in those days. (habit)


- I lived in Austria for several years. (state)
Negative Sentences
DID NOT + VERB (base
form)
Example: I did not work yesterday

or

I didn’t work yesterday

INCORRECT: I didn’t worked


More examples:

- I didn’t go on holiday last year

- I didn’t went on holiday last year


Negative Sentences
verb TO BE
WAS / WERE + NOT
Examples:
I was not at school yesterday afternoon
or
I wasn’t at school yesterday afternoon

They were not at home last weekend


or
They weren’t at home last weekend
Yes /No Questions
DID + subject + main verb + rest of sentence
+?

Example:

Did you work yesterday?


- Yes, I did.
- No, I didn’t.
Yes /No Questions
verb TO BE
WAS / WERE + subject + rest of sentence
+?
Example:

Were you at home last weekend?


- Yes, I was.
- No, I wasn’t.
REMEMBER!!
• Positive sentences:
– I played football yesterday
– I went home early on Saturday
• Negative sentences:
– I didn’t play football yesterday
– I didn’t go home early on Saturday
• Yes/No questions:
– Did you play football yesterday?
– Did you go home early in
Saturday?
REMEMBER!!
Verb TO BE
• Positive sentences:
– I was in London last year

• Negative sentences:
-They weren’t at home last weekend

• Yes/No questions:
– Were you ill yesterday?
THE PAST CONTINUOUS
Form:
was / were + –ING form
He was playing golf
They were studying
PAST CONTINUOUS: affirmative,
negative or interrogative
• AFIRMATIVE:
– He was painting the wall
– We were waking up very early
• NEGATIVE:
– He wasn’t painting the wall
– We weren’t waking up very early
• INTERROGATIVE:
– Was he painting the wall?
– Were we waking up very early?
Spelling Rules for the Continuous [-ing]

- Some verbs just need ‘ing’ adding to them: read – reading / stand
– standing / jump - jumping
- If a verb ends in a silent ‘e’, drop the final ‘e’ and add ‘ing’: leave –
leaving / take – taking / receive - receiving
- In a one syllable word, if the three last letters are consonant –
vowel –consonant (cvc), double the last consonant before adding ‘ing’:
sit – sitting / run – running / hit - hitting
…however, Do not double the consonant in words that end in w, x, or y :
sew – sewing / fix – fixing / enjoy - enjoying

- In words of two or more syllables that end in a consonant-vowel-


consonant combination, double the last consonant only if the last syllable
is stressed: admit – admitting / regret – regretting / begin - beginning
- If a verb ends in ‘ie’, change the ‘ie’ to y before adding
‘ing’ : die – dying / lie - lying
PAST SIMPLE OR PAST CONTINUOUS
PAST SIMPLE PAST CONTINUOUS
TO TALK ABOUT A FINISHED ACTION IN TO EXPRESS A LONG OR UNFINISHED
A TIME BEFORE NOW IN A SPECIFIC ACTION IN THE PAST:
MOMENT. "I was going to spend the day at the beach
John Cabot sailed to America in 1498. but I've decided to go on an excursion
instead.”
EXPRESSIONS OF PAST SIMPLE:
frequency: often, sometimes, always; TO DESCRIBE A LONG ACTION
a specific moment in time (point in time): last week, INTERRUPTED BY A SHORT ONE:
when I was a child, yesterday, six weeks ago. “I was having a beautiful dream when the
a non-sepcific moment in time: the other day, ages
alarm clock rang.“
ago, a long time ago etc.

TO DESCRIBE THE CONTEXT IN WHICH


Examples: AN ACTION HAPPENS:
•Yesterday, I arrived in Geneva.
“It was getting dark. The prince was walking
•She always played the piano when she was a silently around the hall...”
child.
Past simple vs Past continuous
• Conjunctions:
– WHEN (used with Past Simple)
– WHILE (used with Past Continuous).
Uses
1. A short action (Past Simple) interrupts a long action (Past
Continuous)
– John was watching TV when his friend arrived.
2. Two long actions (Past Continuous) happen at the same time.
- I was doing the washing up while my brother was watching TV.
3. Two short actions (Past Simple) happen one after the other.
- When I heard the explosion, I phoned the police.
Review
• Simple past = action or state finished
in the past (yesterday, last…, … ago,
etc.)
• Past continuous = was/were +
verb+ing, an action that was in
progress/not finished when another
action happened (interrupted)

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