Past simple vs cont
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(1) The document discusses the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. (2) The past simple is used to talk about completed past actions and permanent past actions, often using time words like "yesterday" or "last week." The past continuous describes an ongoing action in the past. (3) Both tenses are used to talk about past events, but the past continuous emphasizes the ongoing nature of an action, while the past simple focuses on completion without reference to duration.
Past simple vs cont
- 1. Past Simple and Past Continuous
- 2. Past Simple Form I/He/She/It + We/You/They work ed . I/He/She/It ? Did We/You/They work? I/He/She/It - We/You/They didn’t work.
- 3. Do You Know These Past Forms? be was choose chose drive drove become became come came eat ate begin began cost cost fall fell break broke cut cut feel felt bring brought do did fight fought build built draw drew find found buy bought dream dreamt fly flew catch caught drink drank forget forgot
- 4. Do You Know These Past Forms? get got know knew make made give gave lead led mean meant go went learn learnt meet met have had leave left pay paid hear heard lend lent put put hit hit let let read read hold held lie lay ride rode keep kept lose lost run ran
- 5. Do You Know These Past Forms? say said sleep slept teach taught see saw speak spoke tell told sell sold spell spelt think thought send sent spend spent throw threw show showed stand stood understand understood shut shut steal stole wake woke sing sang swim swam wear wore sit sat take took win won
- 6. (1 ) We use Past Simple to talk about past historic events and facts
- 7. (2) We use Past Simple to talk about: completed actions in the past She woke up at 7:30 this morning. What did you do: - At home this morning? - At your last birthday party? - On your last vacation?
- 8. Complete the sentences about yourself:
- 10. (3) We use Past Simple to talk about: past permanent actions Jenny worked as a secretary for 5 years.
- 11. Past Simple time words We normally use such time references as: Last Yesterday A week ago weekend Last When I was Last month The other Tuesday … day On march In 1998 the 3d
- 12. Past Continuous Form I/He/She/It was + We/You/They were work ing . Was I/He/She/It ? Were We/You/They work ing ? I/He/She/It wasn’t - We/You/They weren’t work ing .
- 13. (1) We use Past Continuous to say: that somebody was in the middle of doing something at a certain time. I was doing I started doing I finished doing I was playing golf at 17.00 yesterday
- 14. Past Continuous: rule 1 We often use such time references as: At 5 o’clock yesterday / from 07.00 till 08.00 etc.
- 15. Past Continuous: rule 1 Tim was talking on the phone at 13.30 yesterday.
- 16. Past Continuous : rule 1 What were they doing at 11.50 yesterday?
- 17. What was she doing at 11.50 yesterday?
- 18. Think of what they were doing: from ten till eleven?
- 19. (2) We use Past Continuous for: general description of a background situation. The sun was shining but a cold wind was blowing. A lot of people were hurrying to catch a bus. Describe what was happening when you left home this morning.
- 20. Past Simple and Past Continuous We use Past Continuous to say that something (a short action) happened in the middle of something else (a longer action) I was playing a computer game when my boss came in.
- 21. Match the picture and its description:
- 22. Comment on the picture. Use past continuous.
- 23. Past Simple and Past Continuous We use Past Continuous to say that two or more longer actions were happening at the same time I was reading while Sarah was watching TV.
- 25. Past Simple and Past Continuous We use Past Simple to say that one thing ( a shorter action) happened right after another I got up, put on my jacket and went out.