Past Continuous vs Past Simple

Past Continuous & Past Simple presentation.

1. PAST CONTINOUS PAST SIMPLE 8 Gerard Gil Tarés 2nB

2. Past continous form I HE/SHE IT WAS+ING Verbs ending in E  ing Verbs ending in Y  ying 1 sillabyile CVC  we double de C We You They WERE+ING

3. Past Continues Uses We use the Past Continuous to talk about a specific situations in the past and images. Affirmative Ex: I was playing video games . Ex: We were studying for the exam. Negative Ex: They weren’t playing the piano. Ex: You weren’t watching TV . SB+WAS/WERE+ING+COMPLEMENT SB+WASN’T/WEREN’T+ING+COMPLEMENT

4. Past Continues U ses We use the Past Continuous to talk about a specific situations in the past and images... Interrogative Ex: Was your father making a toy? Ex: Were they playing Agar.io? Inversion WAS/WERE+SB+ING+COMPLEMENT

5. I was sailing in the sea. Santi was climbing. Arnold was skating in a skate park. Marina was riding a horse. In the last “ Convis ”...

6. Past simple Uses: we use the past simple to talk about past finished actions. Past expressions: last day, last summer, last years... Examples I was in the party last night We went with Alex the last day we met.

7. Forms of past simple Affirmative: SB+ VERB IN PAST + COMPLEMENT I was very happy. We played the piano. They touched the fish. Negative: SB+DIDN’T+COMPLEMENT They didn’t play football . We didn’t win the competition. She didn’t study for the exam. Regular & Irregular

8. Question QASI= QW+AUXILIRIARY VERB + SB + INF What did your father play? Where was the party?

9. Past Continuous & Past Simple Past continuous  Long activity Past simple  Short activity I was playing PS3 when my father came home. They played the piano in Laia’s house. While  Interrupted actions When  Continued actions

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