My past simple and past continuous powerpoint

1. PAST CONTINUOUS vs PAST
SIMPLE

2. PAST CONTINUOUS FORM
I
He/She WAS + ING Verbs ending in E=ING
Become=Becoming
Verbs ending in Y=YING
Stay=Staying
1 syllable CVC

3. PAST CONTINUOUS USES
We use the past continuous to talk about specific
situations in the past and images...
AFFIRMATIVE SB+WAS/WERE+ING+Complement
She was jumping into the pool
We were studying for the Maths exam.
NEGATIVE SB+WASN’T/WEREN’T+ING+Complement
I wasn’t driving my car that day.
You weren’t going home after school.

4. PAST CONTINUES USES
INTERROGATIVE INVERSION
Was your father driving his Was/were+SB+ING+Compl-
new car to his work? ement
Where your friends hiding
their mobiles in class?

5. AT my school party last week...
Mark was meeting his girlfriend and they were hugging and
kissing.
Fabio and his friend Josephine were dancing and having a
great time together.
Sylvia wasn’t drawing she was explaining us something
personal.
Where all the boys wearing a suit? No they weren’t.
Was Sylvia wearing a uniform? Yes she was.

6. PAST SIMPLE
USES: We use the past simple to talk about past finished actions.
PAST EXPRESSIONS
LAST WEEK,LAST MONTH,LAST SUMMER,LAST YEAR...AGO(At the end)
EXAMPLES:
I did an English course last summer.
He enjoyed his party last week. FINISHED ACTIONS
My cousin danced 4 years ago.

7. FORMS OF SIMPLE PAST
AFFIRMATIVE:SB+VERB IN PAST+COMPLEMENT
REGULAR/IRREGULAR VERBS
I forgot my mobile at home this morning(IRREGULAR)
The film ended very late(REGULAR)
NEGATIVE
INTERROGATIVE DID/DIDN’T

8. QUESTION
QASI=Question word+Auxiliary(DID)+SB+Inf?
Where did you study last year?
When did you meet your friend Jack?
Negative:SB+Didn’t+Inf+Complement
They didn’t visit us at convis.
We didn’t meet our friend Alex.

9. PAST CONTINUOUS AND PAST
SIMPLE TOGETHER
Past continuous=LONG ACTIVITY
Past simple=Interrupted/Short activity.
WHEN/WHILE
I was chatting with my friend Max when my dad came into
the room.
We were explaining the past simple when Alex’s students
opened the door.

10. WHILE=Long action
While I was doing my homework, my cousin arrived
home.
My father fell while he has repairing my table.
He was listening music while his mother was
cooking.(2 actions going at the same time)