English and culture I

Past simple

Curso: 8º A

Subsector: Inglés.

Past simple Past simple refers to complete actions in

the past Ex. Peter spent a lot of money yesterday. *This action started “yesterday” And finished the same day.

Affirmative sentences Verbs in past. Two types of verbs:

regulars (-ed) and irregulars.

Ex. A regular verb is play = played and a irregular one is write=wrote.

Pronoun Verb in past

I

You/we/they

He/she/it

Watched

Enjoyed

Saw, etc

Example

Mozart wrote more than 600 pieces of music.

Negative sentences In the negative form,

we should use DIDN´T for all the pronouns.

Don't forget to write the verb in infinitive.

I

She/he/it

They/we/you

Didn't Enjoy

See

Go, etc.

Example The bed was uncomfortable. I didn't sleep

very well.

Interrogative sentences

As in the negative form, you should write the verb in infinitive.

didI

She/he/it

We/you/they

Enjoy?

See?

Go?, etc.

Example:

Did you have to write the letter?No, I didn't.

Past continuous We use past continuous when we want to

refer to an action in the past that haven't finished.

Ex.She was playing tennis

Past continuous the order of a sentence in past continuous

is quite similar to that of the present continuous.

The differences are: the tense of the verb be (is-pres, was-past) and the time the sentences refers to.

Ex. She is living in Brazil (present continuous)

She was living in Brazil (past continuous)

Negative sentences Compare:

-Past. Continuous:he was playing. (an hour ago)

-Pres. Continuous:he is doing the homework. (now)

Interrogative sentences Compare: What were you doing yesterday at this time?I was working.

What are you doing?I am reading a novel.

Yesterday

Now