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

2. Past Simple

3. 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.

4. 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

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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!)

9. 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?

10. 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?

11. 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.

12. 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

13. 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

14. GOOD ENOUGH?
Let’s Practice!

15. Write on your book!

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18. Past Continuous

19. 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

20. 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.

21. 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

22. 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.

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

24. GOOD ENOUGH?
Let’s Practice!

27. Past Time Using Time Clauses

28. Past Simple VS Past Progressive