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Past Simpleand

Past Continuous

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Past Simple Form

+

I/He/She/It

We/You/They

work .

? DidI/He/She/It

We/You/They

work?

-I/He/She/It

We/You/They

work.

ed

didnt

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Do You Know These Past Forms?

become camechoose chose

fly

find

fight

feel

fall

eatdrive

flew

found

fought

felt

fell

atedrove

became

dream

draw

do

cut

cost

dreamt

drew

did

cut

cost

come

break broke

brought

begin began

be was

bring

build built

buy bought

catch caught drink drank forget forgot

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Do You Know These Past Forms?

give ledknow knew

ride

read

put

pay

meet

meanmake

rode

read

put

paid

met

meantmade

gave

lie

let

lend

leave

learn

lay

let

lent

left

learnt

lead

have had

heard

go went

get got

hear

hit hit

hold held

keep kept lose lost run ran

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Do You Know ThesePast Forms?

see spokesleep slept

wear

wake

understand

throw

think

tellteach

wore

woke

understood

threw

though

toldtaught

saw

swim

steal

stand

spend

spell

swam

stole

stood

spent

spelt

speak

send sent

showed

sell sold

say said

show

shut shut

sing sang

sit sat take took win won

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(1) We use Past Simple to talk about past historic

events and facts

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(2) We use Past Simple to talk about:

completed actions in the pastShe woke up at 7:30 this morning.

What did you do:

- At home this morning?

- At your last birthday party?

- On your last vacation?

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Complete the sentences about yourself:

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(3) We use Past Simple to talk about:

past permanent actions

Jenny worked asa secretary for 5 years.

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Past Simple time words

We normally use such time references as:

Yesterday Lastweekend A week ago

LastTuesday When I was

Last month The other

day

In 1998On march

the 3d

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Past Continuous Form

+I/He/She/It

We/You/They

work .

?I/He/She/It

We/You/They

work ?

-

I/He/She/It

We/You/Theywork .

ing

ing

ing

was

were

Was

wasnt

Were

werent

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(1) We use Past Continuous to say:

that somebody was in the middle of doingsomething at a certain time.

I started doing I finished doing

I was doing

I was playing golf at 17.00 yesterday

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Past Continuous: rule 1

We often use such time references as:

At 5 oclock yesterday /from 07.00 till 08.00 etc.

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Past Continuous: rule 1

Tim wastalking on thephone at 13.30yesterday.

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Past Continuous : rule 1

What were theydoing at 11.50yesterday?

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What was she doingat 11.50 yesterday?

Thi k f h h d i

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Think of what they were doing:from ten till eleven?

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(2) We use Past Continuous for:

general description of a backgroundsituation.

The sun was shining but a cold wind was

blowing. A lot of people were hurrying to catch abus.

Describe what was happening when you lefthome this morning.

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Past Simple and Past Continuous

We use Past Continuous to say that something(a short action) happened in the middle ofsomething else (a longer action)

I was playing a computer gamewhen my boss came in.

M t h th i t d it d i ti

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Match the picture and its description:

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Comment on the picture. Use past continuous.

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Past Simple and Past Continuous

We use Past Continuous to say that two ormore longer actions were happening at thesame time

I was reading while Sarah was watching TV.

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Describe the picture

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Past Simple and Past Continuous

We use Past Simple to say that one thing (ashorter action) happened right after another

I got up, put on my jacket and went out.

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Describe the picture: Use: First / After that/Then / Finally.