Transcript File - eoi english class

PAST SIMPLE
VS
PAST CONTINUOUS
PAST SIMPLE
FORM
We form the past simple of regular verbs by adding –ed to the main verb.
e.g. she watched TV last night.
We form questions and negations with the auxiliary verb didn´t/ did not the subject and
the main verb without –ed
e.g. Did she watch TV last night?
She didn´t watch TV last night.
Irregular verbs don´t form the past adding –ed. (list)
e.g. We went to London
• Spelling
 Verbs ending in –e take only –d. dance –danced
 Verbs ending in a consonant + y, drop the y and take –ied. Try – tried.
 Verbs ending in a vowel + y, take -ed. Play – played
 Verbs ending in one consonant+vowel+consonant, double the last
consonant and take -ed. Plan – planned
 Verbs ending in -l, double the l and take - ed. Travel - travelled
USE
 For actions which happened in the past and we know when they happened.
e.g. He graduated four years ago
 For actions which happened repeteadly in the past but don´t happen any more.
In this case we can use adverbs of frequency (always, often, usually, etc.)
e.g. He often played football with his dad when he was five. (But he doesn´t play
football with his dad any more).
For actions which happened immediately one after the other in the past.
eg.They cooked the meal first.
Then they ate with their friends
PAST CONTINUOUS
• FORM
We form the past continuous with was/were (past simple of verb to be) and the main verb
with the -ing form suffix. We form questions by putting was/were before the subject.
We form negations by putting the word not after was/were.
Affirmative I/ He/ She was playing
You/ We/ They were playing
Negative I/ He/ She wasn´t playing
We/ You/ They weren´t playing
Interrogative Was I/ He/ She playing?
Were We/ You/ They playing?
USE
•
For an action which was in progress at a stated time in the past. We don´t know
when the action started or finished.
e.g. At three o’clock yesterday afternoon Mike and his son were playing with the
dog. (We don´t know when they started or fiinished the action.)
• For a past action which was in progress when another action interrupted it.
We use the past continuous for the action in progress (longer action) and the
past simple for the action which interrupted it (shorter action).
e.g. She was having a bath
when the phone rang
•
For two or more actions which were happening at the same time in the past
(simultaneous actions)
e.g. While my father was smoking the pipe.
my grandfather was reading a book.
• To give the background information in a story.
e.g. The sun was shining and the birds were singing. Tom was driving his
old truck through the forest.
PAST SIMPLE
VS
CONTINUOUS
PAST SIMPLE
PAST CONTINUOUS
• A completed action at a stated time
in the past.
e.g. The plane landed at the airport at
eight o´clock yesterday morning.
• Actions which happened
immediately one after the other in
past.
e.g. First she read the advertisment
and then she called the company
• An action which was in progress
(was happening) at a stated time in
the past. We don´t know when the
action started of finished.
e.g. At nine o´clock yesterdaty
morning, the plana was flying to
Tahiti from New York.
• Two actions were happening at the
same time in the past.
e.g. He was listening carefully while
they were explaining the plan to him
• Background information
E.g. The sun was shinning, the birds
were singing
Time markers
Time markers
Yesterday, last night/ week/ month, While, when, as, all day/ night/
year, etc., two days/ weeks/ months/ morming, etc.
years ago, then, when in 1992, etc