1. Past Simple vs Past Continous
Ares Rojo Canet
2n Eso A.
English.
2. Past Continous Form
Verbs ending in E= ING
Verbs ending in Y=YING
1 syllableCVC= We doble C
I
He /She Was+ing
It
3. Past Continous Form
We
You Were+ing
They
Verbs ending in E= ING
Verbs ending in Y=YING
1 syllableCVC= We doble C
4. Rules of Past Continous:
Affirmative :SB+ was -ing C.
- I was waiting for the bus.
- We were coying in the exam.
Negative:+SB+ wasn’t/weren’t+C
-He wasn’t studyng very hard for this final
exam.
-You weren’t dancing at your sister’s party.
5. Rules of Past Continous:
Question: (Inversion)
Was/ Were:+ SB+ -ing+ C?
- Were your teacher preparing the
exam at the teacher’s room.
-Were your parents going at the
cinema that day?
6. Exemple:Exercise
We use the past Continous to describe a situation in the past
to describe an image/Photo.
-The boy was standing to the the tree,
- The woman was driving a motorcycle, to distribute the food.
-The woman was clapping for the event.
-The scientist was walking fast to find a solucion for the problem.
7. Past Simple Form:
Affrimative: SB+VERB IN PAST+ C
Negative : SB+ DIDN’T+INFINITIVE+ C
Regular & Irregular verbs:
-My dog slept on my bed last night
-The policeman didn’t see the robbery.
9. Past Simple &Past Continous
Past continous:Long Action.
Past Simple:Interruped/ Short action.
- I was eating some cereals, when the
bell rang.
-My brother sang, when I was talking on
the phone.
