Transcript PAST SIMPLE / PAST CONTINUOUS

PAST SIMPLE / PAST CONTINUOUS
PAST SIMPLE
FORM: Regular verbs: <-ed>: walk – walked
Irregular verbs: no rules: send – sent
PAST CONTINUOUS
FORM: was / were + -ing:
was sending / were walking
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Interrogative / Negative: auxliliary verb: did
She came to the party
Did she come to the party?
She didn’ t come to the party.
Interrogative / Negative: auxliliary verb: was/were
She was coming to the party
Was she coming to the party?
She wasn’ t coming to the party.
USE:
1.
Punctual events in the past. We considered
the action finished.
“Yesterday, I watched a film on TV. I liked it quite
a lot.”
2.
Consecutive actions.
“Yesterday evening, I arrived home, I had a shower
and then, I had dinner”
USE:
1. Past action in progress. We consider the action in
the middle.
“Yesterday evening at 6.00, I was watching a film on
TV. It was very interesting.”
2. Parallel actions.
“Yesterday evening, I was having a shower while my
wife was having dinner”
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...a past action in progress
A punctual past event that interrupts...
“Last night, the lights went off
when I was watching TV”