Past Simple vs Past Continuous

GRAMMAR

PAST SIMPLE vs PAST CONTINUOUS

Pour former le Past Simple,on ajoute -ED à la fin du verbe I played / she stayed / they asked

Attention toutefois !Il y a des verbes irréguliers... qu'il faut étudier (voir listes sur Quizlet). I took / she went / they were

Pour construire une phrase négative,j'utilise l'auxiliaire didn't + l'infinitif. I didn't go / she didn't take / they didn't eat

Pour construire une phrase interrogative,j'utilise l'auxiliaire did + le sujet + l'infinitif. Did you go to London? What did they eat?

Pour former le Past Continuous,on utilise l'auxiliaire TO BE au past simple et le verbe auquel on ajoute -ING à la fin. I was playing / she was eating / they were asking

Pour construire une phrase négative, j'utilise wasn't/weren't + le verbe + ING she wasn't sleeping / they weren't eating

Pour construire une phrase interrogative, j'utilise was/were + le sujet + le verbe + ING. Were you having a good time? What was he doing?

En général, le past simple (action brève) interrompt le past continuous (action en trainde se passer, qui a commencé avant la première) I was having a bath when you phoned.

Attention, "when" signigie "quand" et"while" signifie "pendant que". On utilise souvent "when" pour une action qui interrompt une autre. I was having a bath when you phoned.

"While" peut être utilisé lorsque deux actions se déroulent au même moment.My brother was doing his homework while I was watching TV.

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