GRAMMAR: PAST SIMPLE AND CONTINUOUS.pptx

Grammar presentation: form and uses of the past simple and continuous

1. PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS

2. USOS DEL PAST SIMPLE Lo usamos para hablar de acciones o estados acabados en el pasado. I went to the cinema yesterday. (Fui al cine ayer) We did our homework. (Nosotros hicimos nuestros deberes) Shakespeare wrote Hamlet. (Shakespeare escribió Hamlet)

3. PAST SIMPLE OF BE (WAS / WERE) Affirmative I was young you were tired he was in the garden she was late it was sunny we were on holiday You were sleeping they were hungry Negative I was not sleepy I wasn't sleepy you were not on the bus you weren't on the bus he was not at school he wasn't at school she was not beautiful she wasn't beautiful it was not cold it wasn't cold we were not at work we weren't at work they were not tired they weren't tired Questions was I sleepy? was it hot? were you late? were we hungry? was he at the cinema? were you sleeping? was she kind? were they at work?

4. PAST SIMPLE AFFIRMATIVE REGULAR AND IRREGULAR VERBS Regular  I walked you played he cooked she listened it rained we danced they painted Irregular I had you did he slept she went it broke we saw they forgot Reglas de escritura para la ED Verbos acabados en: consonant e + y    -     ied       Stud ied , cr ied consonante + vocal acentuada + consonante       - doblamos la consonante final       Stop ped , chat ted "e"     -      añadimos  ”d”       Live d

5. NEGATIVE AND QUESTIONS Negative Negative Short Form I did not walk I didn't walk you did not play you didn't play he did not cook he didn't cook she did not listen she didn't listen it did not rain it didn't rain we did not eat we didn't eat they did not drink they didn't drink Questions Did I walk? Did you play? Did he cook? Did she listen? Did it rain? Did we eat? Did they drink?

6. USOS DEL PAST CONTINUOUS 1: Una acción en progreso (inacabada) en el pasado. I was watching TV when I heard a noise.  (Yo estaba viendo la tele cuando oí el ruido) At two o'clock I was cooking . (A las dos yo estaba cocinando)   2: Más de una acción ocurriendo a la misma vez. I was sleeping while you were reading . (Yo estaba durmiendo mientras tú estabas leyendo) They were playing while I was studying . (Ellos estaban jugando mientras yo estaba estudiando)

7. PAST CONTINUOUS FORM Affirmative I was sleeping you were working he was coming she was reading it was raining we were shopping You were dancing they were playing Negative I wasn't sleeping you weren't working he wasn't coming she wasn't reading it wasn't raining we weren't shopping you weren't singing they weren't playing Questions was I sleeping? were you working? was he coming? was she reading? was it raining? were we shopping? were you singing? were they playing?

8. PAST SIMPLE O PAST CONTINUOUS Cuando usamos los dos tiempos juntos, la acción en pasado simple ocurrió mientras la acción en pasado continuo estaba en progreso. A veces una acción interrumpe a la otra. While I was sleeping , I heard a noise. (Mientras estaba durmiendo oí un ruido) I hurt my arm while I was playing . (Me hice daño en el brazo mientras estaba jugando) While I was waiting for the bus, I saw an accident. (Mientras estaba esperando el autobús, vi un accidente) We were watching TV when you came . (Estábamos viendo la tele cuando tú viniste) WHEN, WHILE, AS when + past simple (normally) (cuando) While + past continuous (mientras) As + past continuous (mientras) While I was studying , my friend arrived. (Mientras estaba estudiando, mi amigo llegó) My friend arrived while I was studying . (Mi amigo llegó mientras estaba estudiando) When my friend arrived , I was studying. (Cuando mi amigo llegó, yo estaba estudiando) I was studying when my friend arrived . (yo estaba estudiando cuando mi amigo llegó)

9. Exercise: use the past simple or the past continuous 1. While I  __________________TV, the doorbell _______________. (watch/ring) 2. Jack  ____________ his project when the fire alarm ___________ . (not do/start) 3. Just as I  ________________ my front door, a cat ______________ inside. (open/run) 4. _______your mom  _______________ you while you ______________ ? (phone/work) 5. While I  ______________ to work, I  ______________ an accident. (walk/see) 6. When the postman _____________ , I  _____________ my exercises. (come/not do) 7. When I ______________, my alarm clock _______________ . (wake up/ring) 8. Peter _________________ me while I  ______________ on the train. (not call/sit) 9. While I  _______________ out the window, it  _______________ to rain. (look/start) 10. As I  _______________ the building, a police car  _____________through the gate. (leave/drive) was watching rang wasn't doing started was opening ran Did                           phone were working was walking saw came wasn't doing woke up was ringing didn't call was sitting was looking started was leaving drove