past simple and past continuous contrast

1. PAST TENSE
(Past Simple and Continuous)

2. Affirmative
I / You / He /
She / It / We /
They
football.
in the sea.
playED
PAST SIMPLE PAST CONTINUOUS
Negative
I / You / He / She/
It / We / They
football.
in the sea.
didn’t play
didn’t swim
Questions
I / you / he / she/
it / we / they
?
Urst ?
play
Did
swim
Short answers
Yes,
I / you / he / she/
it / we / they
D .
No,
I / you / he / she/
it / we / they
don’t .
doesn’t
.
didn’t
Affirmative
I / He / She / It Working .
We / You / they working.
was working
were working
Negative
I / He / She / it speakin.
We / You / They speakin.
wasn’t
weren’t
working
working
Questions
I / he / she / it Playin ?
we / you / they Playi ng?
working
working
swam
Was
Were
did
Short answers
Yes,
I / he / she / it Am .
we / you / they Are .
No,
I / he / she / it ’m not .
we / you / they aren’t .
was
were
wasn’t
weren’t

3. Affirmative
+ed
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PAST SIMPLE PAST CONTINUOUS
Negative
didn’t
Short answers
do
does
don’t
did.
didn’t
Affirmative
Working .
working.
was +ing
were +ing
Questions
Did
infinitive
subject Infinitive ?
Yes, subject
Regular verbs
Regular verbs
Irregular verbs
Irregular verbs
No,
subject
Negative
Working .
Questions
Working .
working.
Short answers
do
does
don’t
I / He / She / It
We / You / they
We / You / they
we / you / they
wasn’t
I / He / She / ItWas
weren’t
were
wasn’t/weren’t
was / weresubject
subject
Yes,
No,
+ing
+ing
+ing
+ing
I / He / She / It

4. Spelling rules for –ed (past simple)
• Verbs ending in e + d
(love  loved)
• Verbs ending in consonant + y  IED
(studystudied, carrycarried,
BUT playplayed)
• Vending in CONSONANT-VOWEL-
CONSONANT, double the last consonant and
add –ed
(clap—clapped)

5. Spelling rules for –ing (past continuous)
• Verbs ending in e, drop the e, except to be and to see
(comecoming, givegiving,
BUT be being, see seeing)
• Verbs ending in y, keep the y
(studystudying, playplaying)
• Verbs ending in –ie, change the ie to y
(die—dying, lie—lying)
• Verbs ending in CONSONANT-VOWEL-CONSONANT,
double the last consonant
(planplanning, preferpreferring,
traveltravelling)

6. USES
PAST SIMPLE PAST CONTINUOUS
When they come together, the long action is past continuous, and the actions that
interrumps the long one, is past simple.
(I was having a shower when the telephone rang)
To describe a completed action in the past
(She went to the dentist’s)
To describe an incomplete action in
progress at a specific time in the past
(I was reading the report at 9pm yesterday)

7. WHEN AND WHILE
• WHEN =
• WHILE =
quan
mentre
Seguit de PAST SIMPLE
Seguit de PAST CONTINUOUS
I was phoning my friend WHEN she arrived
She arrived WHILE I was phoning my friend.
WHEN she arrived, I was phoning my friend
WHILE I was phoning my friend, she arrived

8. TIME EXPRESSIONS
PAST SIMPLE PAST CONTINUOUS
ago
yesterday
the day before yesterday,
last week/night/month year....
While
At 7 o’clock, at half past three...
During