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
