Past Simple and Past Continuous

Past Simple &Past Continuous

Index

Past Simple

Past Continuous

UsesFormationExercices

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P. Simple vs. P. Continuous

Uses Exercices Online practice Video

Past Simple

-Acciones pasadas finalizadas en un momento en concreto del pasado- Sucesión de acciones en el pasado (una detrás de otra) - Accion que interrumpió a otra que estaba en progreso

Regular Verbs + ED

Past Simple

I played You played He played We played You played They played

I didn't play You didn't play He didn't play We didn't play You didn't play They didn't play

Did I play? Did you play Did she play? Did we play? Did you play? Did they play?

• Base form : + ED [ walk - walked]
• Vb. ending in -e : + D [like -liked]
• Vb ending in consonant+y : i + ed [ study - studied]
• Consonant+ vowel+ consonant: [plan - planned]

Irregular Verbs(different ways that you have to learn)

Past Simple

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I wasI wasn't / was not Was I?

You wereYou weren't Were you?

They wereThey weren't Were they?

To Be

You wereYou weren't Were you?

He wasHe wasn't Was he?

Past Simple

She wasShe wasn'tt Was she ?

We wereWe weren't Were we?

It wasIt wasn't Was it?

Put the verbs into the correct tense: past simple

- She ...................... (go) to school on foot yesterday. - Paul ..................... (eat) 2 sandwiches and an apple. - I ...................... (get) up very early last night. - They ....................... (find) 50 euros in the street. - My dad ................... (give) me a CD for my birthday. - Ana ..................... (have) a bath last Sunday. - We ...................... (swim) in the Mediterranean sea. - Joe ..................... (write) a letter to Mary 2 days ago.

Put the verbs into the correct tense: past simple

Last night I .................. (go) to my favorite restaurant in West Street. I ................. (leave) the restaurant at about 11 o’clock. It ................. (be) a warm evening and I .................... (decide) to walk along the beach. Suddenly, I ..................... (hear) a noise. I .................... (turn) and .................. (see) three boys aged about eighteen. One boy .................. (come) up to me and .................... (ask) me the time. When I ................... (look) down at my watch, he .................. (hit) me and I .................. (fall) to the ground. Another boy ................... (take) my wallet. I .................... (shout) for help. Then they ..................(run) away.

Past Continuous

-Acciones en progeso o desarrollo en el pasado.-Acciones en progreso en el pasado que son interrumpidas por otras.-Dos acciones que estaban ocurriendo al mismo tiempo (acciones paralelas)

To be (past) + vb. -ING

Past Cont.

I was playing You were playing He was playing We were playing You were playing They were playing

I wasn't playing You weren't playing He wasn't playing We weren't playing You weren't playing They weren't playing

Was I playing? Were you playing? Was she playing? Were we playing? Were you playing? Were they playing?

Put the verbs into the correct tense: past continuous

1. The sun _________ (shine) when I woke up this morning. 2. It _____________(rain) when I left the office. 3. I ________________ (eat) dinner when you called me. 4. She got very sick while she _________ (travel) overseas. 5. Martin ________ (work) in the garden when it started to rain. 6. I _____________(cook) dinner when the phone rang. 7. Mr. Johnson cut himself while he __________(shave). 8. She fell asleep while she ____________ (watch) the movie. 9. Andrea broke her ankle when she ___________(skate). 10. I saw a bad accident while I ____________(drive) home. 11. The baby _____(sleep) when we got home from the party. 12. She found a note while she _______ (walk) home.

Past Continuous

Past Simple

After: -When -While -As

After: -When

When I was talking to my teacher, my mobile suddenly rang.

When my mobile rang, I was talking to my teacher. As I was walking to school, I saw your brother

Put the verbs into the correct tense: past continuous or past simple

1. I listened / was listening to the radio when I heard / was hearing this fantastic song. 2. When the teacher said / was saying ‘Stop!’, I still tried / was still trying to finish the last question. 3. I feel really silly! While I danced / was dancing, I fell / was falling and broke / was breaking my elbow. 4. Tim played / was playing a computer game when his mum called / was calling him for lunch. 5. I looked / was looking for a file on my memory stick when I noticed / was noticing there was a virus. 6. Ron found / was finding a really interesting website about dance music while he surfed / was surfing the internet.

Put the verbs into the correct tense: past continuous or past simple

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Marta Rodríguez SáezIES Pedro Salinas