Transcript Past Simple, Past Continuous, Used To

Past Simple, Past
Continuous, Used To,
Would (always)
Make Sentences
Use:
Past Simple
Past Continuous
Used to
Past Simple
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Form: Regular Verb+ed, Irregular Verbs, Auxiliary did
Use:
 Completed action in the past
 Successive actions in the past (when they are in
order!)
 Habits in the past
Words that may help us
 Ago
 Last
 In 1999
 (definite time markers)
Past Continuous
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Form: was/were+ verb+ing
Use:
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An action in progress when another action
(PAST SIMPLE) interrupts it
Time (12 o´clock) can be used as an
interruption.
Words that may help us
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While
When
Used to
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Form:Affirmative: used to+ verb, Negative: didn’t use
to + verb
Use:
 Situations or states in the past which aren’t true now
 Repeated activities or habits which happened in the
past but don’t happen anymore.
Words that may help us
 When I was….(we were, they went…)
 Before
 Not anymore/ any longer
Would (always)
Form: would (always) + verb
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Talk about repeated ACTIONS or
HABITS in the past (which are no
longer true now!)
 CAN’T be used with stative verbs (be,
believe, know, etc)
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Words that may help us:
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Same as with used to
Let’s Try!
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