past simple vs past continuos

1. Past simple vs past continuous

2. Past continuous
I
He
She
It
We
You
they
Was+ ing
Were+
ing
E-ing: come, coming
Y-ing: cry, crying
CVC: drop, dropping

3. Affirmative: SB+was/were-
ing+Complement
- I was studying for the exam
- You were talking to the teacher
Negative:SB+
wasn’t/weren’t+complement
-He wasn’t playing on the match
-They weren’t sitting at the bus stop
Question(inversion)was/were+SB+ing+
Comp?
Past continuous
examples

4. Uses
To describe a situation in the past: photo and image
 Some wallys were watching at the
skyline
 Some wallys were sitting on the
giant
 Some wallys were running from
the witch
 Some wallys were talking to a
warrior
 Some wallys were talking between
them
 The giant was looking through his
fingers
 The witch was scaring the wallys
 All the wallys were wearing the
same clothes
 Some wallys were walking around
the stage
 A wally was making positions on
the head of the giant

5. PAST SIMPLE
• Affirmative: sb + was/were + verb in past + complement
- he was exited for the action
- they were sad at the end of the film
• Negative: sb + wasn’t/weren’t + verb in past + complement
-She wasn’t nervous at the end of the exam
-They weren’t celebrate the party
• Question: Was/were + sb + verb in past + complement
-Was he happy from his marks?
- Were you cook last evening?

6. PAST SIMPLE VS PAST CONTINUOUS
• Continuous => long action
• Simple => short action
WHEN+past simple
WHILE + past continuous
Interrupted
action
Paralel action
She was sleeping when the alarm sounded
They were waiting the bus when someone saw they
He cooked the dinner while I was studying
They sang the new song while you were waiting the
bus