Simple Past Use: We use the Simple Past to describe actions that happened in the past. Ex.: On Saturday, I exercised in the morning. Form Affirmative: SUBJECT + VERB (in the past) + COMPLEMENT. Ex.: I studied for the test on Sunday.
Simple Past Interrogative: DID + SUBJECT + VERB + COMPLEMENT+? Ex.: Did you study for the test on Sunday? Negative: SUBJECT + DID + NOT + VERB + COMPLEMENT. Ex.: I did not study for the test on Sunday. didn’t
Simple Past – Regular Verbs Rules of spelling: 1 – General: watch – watched 2 – Verbs ending in –e: exercise – exercised 3 – Verbs ending in –y: *consonant + Y: study – studied *vowel + Y: stay – stayed 4 – 1-sillable verbs + CVC: shop – shopped
Past Continuous Use: We use the Past Continuous to describe an action that was in process when another action, also in the past, happened. For this punctual action, we use the Simple Past. Ex.: I was studying Spanish when the phone rang. Form: verb to be in the past + main verb in –ING form Affirmative: SUBJECT + WAS/WERE + VERB-ING + COMPLEMENT. Ex.: I was cleaning the house when I found an old book.
Past Continuous Interrogative: WAS/WERE + SUBJECT + VERB-ING + COMPLEMENT? Ex.: Were they making too much noise? Negative: SUBJECT + WAS/WERE + NOT + VERB-ING + COMPLEMENT. Ex.: She was not cooking when we got there. wasn’t Important: Os verbos hear, see, smell, taste, understand, know, want e mean não são usados na forma continuous.