This document discusses the past tenses in English, including the past simple and past continuous tenses. It provides information on their uses, forms, and exceptions. The past simple is used to talk about completed past actions and takes the form of regular verbs as (-ed) and irregular verbs in their second form. The past continuous describes longer past actions that were interrupted and uses was/were plus the verb plus -ing. Exceptions for the past continuous include using was with I and was/were with other subjects.

1. PAST TENSES

2. PAST TENSES
Past Simple
• USE
• FORM
• EXCEPTION
Past Continuous
• USE
• FORM
• EXCEPTION

3. PAST SIMPLE

4. PAST SIMPLE USE
• We use the past simple for talk of past
• Time expressions: Last week/month/year/a
week/month/year ago/yesterday

5. PAST SIMPLE FORM

S + V + C
V (-ed) or 2nd form

S + didn’t + V + C
?
Did + S + V + C ?

6. PAST SIMPLE EXCEPTION
TIPS!
• We use the irregulars verbs ( second form )
and -ed only in affirmative.

7. PAST CONTINUOUS

8. PAST CONTINUOUS USES
•Use the Past Continuous to indicate that a
longer action in the past was interrupted
• Time expressions: at nine o’clok, ten minutes
ago, last night

9. PAST CONTINUOUS FORM

S + WAS/WERE + V-ING + C

S + WASN’T/WEREN’T + V-ING + C
?
WAS/WERE + S + V-ING + C

10. PAST CONTINUOUS EXCEPTION
• You use:
Were for: we, you ,they
Was for: I, he/she/it