L3 SIMPLE PAST, USED TO & PAST CONTINUOUS

PAST TENSES:

- Simple - Used to - Progressive

What do you remember about simple past?- When do we use it? - How are verbs in the past? -What is the auxiliary to negative and questions?

Simple Past

1. Always refers to an action or situation that is finished. I prepared this presentation last week. 2. Events in a story or series of events in the past. Gina met Mario at a party, then he invited her to a concert. After 2 months Mario asked her to marry him.

USES:

Simple Past

3. To talk about the life of a dead person. Kobe Bryant was an excellent basketball player. 4. To talk about events that were true or that happened over a long period of time My husband studied in La Salle all his life.

USES:

Simple Past

VERB + "ED" play played like liked try tried stop stopped fix fixed IRREGULAR VERBS am/is/are was/were eat ate begin began cut cut

REGULAR AND IRREGULAR VERBS:

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Simple Past

STRUCTURES:

+ POSITIVE

- NEGATIVE

? QUESTION

VERB TO BE

WAS - I, HE, SHE, IT WERE - YOU, WE, THEY

+ POSITIVE

? QUESTION

- NEGATIVE

Used to

* To talk about situations, habits and routines in the past. Repeated actions that are not different now.

People used to transport using horses. In the 1950's people didn't use to go to the cinema. Did you use to play on the street when you were a kid?

USED TO

STRUCTURES:

+ POSITIVE

- NEGATIVE

? QUESTION

Past Progressive

1. Actions in progress at an specified time in the past. 2. A "long action" interrupted by "short action" 3. 2 past actions happening at the same time.

In the middle of the class, he was dancing. They were studying when he started dancing. They were cheering while he was dancing.

Was / Were

STRUCTURES:

+ POSITIVE

+ NEGATIVE

? QUESTION

PAST PROGRESSIVE

LET'S WORK!

CLUE WORDS

-YESTERDAY-In (past date) -_____ weeks- days- hours AGO. -LAST (week, month, year)