SIMPLE PAST VS PAST CONTINUOUS

Simple Past Tense

1a. Affirmative form of the ‘be’ verb in simple past tense Singular subject I He She It The winner Verb was

Plural subject You We They The winners Verb were

Examples The child was happy to receive the gift You were late again this morning

SIMPLE PAST (finished action) Finished action, no connection with present My grandfather worked for a newspaper. I hated school. With words for a finished time, like yesterday, in 2002, ago, then, when I saw Ann yesterday. (NOT I have seen Ann yesterday) Bill phoned three days ago.

SIMPLE PAST (finished action) Stories A man walked into a café and sat down at a table. The waiter asked … Details (time, place etc) of news The cat has eaten your supper. She took it off the table. Bill has had an accident. He fell off his bicycle when he was going to work.

1. Action verbs in simple past tense I/ You/ We/ They/ He/ She/ It + Past tense form of regular verb / irregular verb

2. The negative form of the ‘be’ verbs Affirmative Negative (Shortened form) was was + not wasn’t The child was happy to receive the gift. The child was not happy to receive the gift. The child wasn’t happy to receive the gift. were Were + not weren’t You were late. You were not late. You weren’t late. .

3. The negative form of action verbs Affirmative Negative (Contraction) laughed did + not + laugh didn’t laugh cut did + not + cut didn’t cut

Past Continuous Tense

AFFIRMATIVE FORM was/were + ing Anne was hiking in Taman Negara when she came across a 20-foot python

NEGATIVE FORM was/were + not + ing Siti is not reading. Siti not is reading. Siti not reading.

SIMPLE PAST VS PAST CONTINUOUS

1. the same for all persons He left at three o’clock. SIMPLE PAST TENSE PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE FORM 1. the same for all persons He left at three o’clock. They arrived three weeks ago. 2. most regular verbs add –ed to the base form of the verb ( worked, wanted, helped .....) there are many common irregular verbs ( go-went, meet-met, see-saw,.....) 1. Was / were + verb + -ing They were driving to Paris. We weren’t waiting for a long time. What were they doing?

SIMPLE PAST TENSE PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE USE 1. a finished action in the past We met in 2007. When I was a child, we lived in a small house by the sea. 2. a complete action followed another When the doorbell rang, Ahmad went to the door. 1. an action which is not finished at a certain time What were you doing at six o’clock? I was brushing my teeth. 2. used together with simple past tense Past simple: new action that interrupts another action Past continuous: an action already in progress. When I reached there, Siti was playing with the baby.

SIMPLE PAST TENSE PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE USE 3. describe a scene The night market was very busy. Music was coming from radio cassette players. Young men were laughing and talking. With words like not, just, often between the two words of a past continuous verb Others were just looking. With adverbs ending –ly She was quietly laughing at him.

Exercise Page 51-54

Class activity: 'What Is?' Survey Work with a partner Conduct a survey about your partner Present the finding in class

'What Is?' Survey Topic Name Age From Favorite Food Birthday Most prized possession (what & why) Student A Student B