PAST CONTINUOUS VS PAST SIMPLE

• I• HE/SHE WAS + ING• IT

• WE WERE verb ending in E= ING• YOU +ING verbs ending in Y= ING• THEY

Past continuous Uses

We use the Past Continuous to talk about situations in the past and images...AFFIRMATIVE sb+was/were+ING+ComplementShe was singing into the poolWe were studying for the P.M. examNEGATIVE sb+wasn’t/weren’t+ING+ComplementI wasn’t driving my yellow bike that dayYou weren’t going school after dinner

Past continuous Uses

• We use the Past Continuous to talk about a specific situation in the past and images

• INTERROGATIVE INVERSION

WAS/WERE+SUBJECT+ING+COMPLEMENT?Was your father driving his new car on the autobahn?Were your friends hiding their mobiles in a PM class last

day?

PAST SIMPLE• USES: We use the past simple to talk about past finished

actions• PAST EXPRESSIONS• Last week, last summer, last year...• Ago(at the end)• EXAMPLES:I did a spanish course last summerHe anuled his party last week finished My dad studied 40 years ago. actions

FORMS OF SIMPLE PAST:

AFFIRMATIVE: SB+VERB IN PAST+COMPL.

regular and irregularI forgot my mobile at home because I`m stupid (Irregular)The match ended very well

NEGATIVE Did/didn’tINTERROGATIVE

QUESTION

• QASI=(Question word)+ auxiliary(Did)+SB+INF• Where did you study last morning?• When did you meet your brother Rossi?• Negative= SB+ didn’t+infinitive+compl.• We didn’t meet our brother Rossi at school• They didn’t visit us at your house

PAST CONTINUOUS & PAST SIMPLE

• Past continuous= Long activity• Past simple= Short activity WHEN+Past simple While+Past continuousI was speaking with my teacher ValentiniMy dad came into the english class at 8 a.mWe were explaining the england countryWhen Alex’s students opened the car door