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Past simple and Past continuous

The text explains the usage and structure of past tenses in English, focusing on the past simple and past continuous forms. It outlines how to form questions and short answers using "

Past simple and Past continuous

Saned Zamir Picazo Hernandez 1A

PAST CONTINUOUS

PAST SIMPLE

Past simple and Past continuous

actions in the past
a completed past action or past state
past habits

Use

actions in progress at specific time in the past
actions that happened especially in stories

questions and short answers: Were or Was + subject + verb ing + ?

Were they calling many times?

Was she waiting in the rain?

Negative: subject + was or were and not + verb ing + complement

were not (weren't)

They weren't jumping on your bed

was not (wasn't)

He wasn¿t screaming in the meeting

Afirmative: subject + was or were + verb ing + complement

we, they
were

We were looking for job

she, he, i, it
was

I was listening to music

Verbs

irregular
sang
ending in y change it to ied
tried
(short) consonant + vowel + consonant double and add ed
stopped
ending in e add d
liked
add ed
wanted

Questions and short answers: Did + subject + complement + ?

she, he, it, we, they, i, you,
Did they learn something?

Yes they did or No they didn't

Did she do her part of the homework?

Yes she did or No she didn't

Negative: subject + did not (didn't) + verb in base form + complement

she, he, it, we, they, i, you
Peter did not have fun
The children didn't like the food

Afirmative: subject + verb regular ed or irregular + complement

she, he, it, i, you, they, we
I wanted a new book
Daniela ate a cupcake
My friends went to my house yesterday