Past Simple & Past Continuous Tense Dias Agata, S.S., M.Pd. Electronic Engineering Polytechnic Institute of Surabaya

Past Simple

Affirmative & Negative WAS / WERE FORM Affirmative & Negative I He She It We You They was/wasn’t at school yesterday. were/weren’t at the beach last week.

QUESTION FORM I He She It We You They Yes, she was hungry. No, she wasn’t hungry. No, she wasn’t. I He She It We You They hungry? Was Yes, we were. No,we weren’t. at the theatre last weekend? Were

REGULAR / IRREGULAR VERBS AFFIRMATIVE FORM I You He She It We They worked in the garden yesterday. danced at the party last night. carried the heavy box. bought new shoes.

NEGATIVE FORM I You He She It We They didn’t play tennis last weekend. didn’t clean the windows. didn’t go the dentist.

QUESTION FORM I You He She It We They find your umbrella? Did Yes, I found my umbrella. Yes, I did. No, I didn’t find my umbrella. No, I didn’t.

Transform the Sentences into Past Simple! She is at the park now. They go to hospital to see the doctor. (Mind the adverb of time!)

She is at the park now. (+) She was at the park yesterday (-) She was not at the park yesterday (?) Was she at the park yesterday?

They go to hospital to see the doctor. (+) They went to hospital to see the doctor last night. (-) They did not go to hospital to see the doctor last night. (?) Did they go to hospital to see the doctor last night?

REMEMBER Why do we use Simple Past Tense? Completed actions in the past. My mom made some pancake for us yesterday. A series of completed actions in the past. I finished my work, walked to the beach, and found a nice place to swim.

the correct form of verbs! Fill in the blanks with the correct form of verbs! 1)Minnie________(bake) a huge cake for Mickey’s birthday party.(+) baked 2)John________(break) a window while he was playing football.(+) broke 3)_____ you_____(ask) a question during the lesson(?) Did ask 4)They __________(have) a picnic at the weekend(-) didn’t have 5)_____ they at the party last night(?) Were

the correct form of verbs! Fill in the blanks with the correct form of verbs! made 6)My mother________(make) a sandwich for me.(+) 7)He _____ ill so he ___________(go) to school yesterday.(+,-) was didn’t go 8)He _______(buy) an expensive car last year.(+) bought 9) ______she _______ (clean) the house at the weekend(?) Did clean 10)Students __________(listen) to the teacher. (-) didn’t listen

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Past Continuous

Past Continuous: Three Uses Use 1: Past actions that were in progress at a particular time in the past; actions that were not yet finished at a past time Pablo’s Schedule 8 – 9: had breakfast 9 – 10: finished his homework 10 – 11: read the newspaper 11 – 12: ate lunch 12 – 2: watched soccer match on TV 2 – 5: took a nap

Past Continuous, continued Use 2: Two (or more) actions that were in progress in the past at the same time Use while Examples: Sorry, I wasn’t listening to you while you were talking. While I was reading, he was writing.

Past Continuous, continued Use 3: Describe and set the scene; tell what was happening or in progress when something else happened or interrupted a past in-progress action Examples: Car accident Broken bone A Crime

Form: Using past and past continuous together Use past continuous to say what was in progress I was crossing the street … Use simple past for the interrupting action when the driver ran the red light.

More Examples: We were watching the news when the announcer made a special live report. I was trying to study when you called.

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