PAST CONTINUOUS FORM
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HE/SHE WAS + ING
IT
WE
YOU WERE
THEY + ING
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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

PAST CONTINUOUS USE
 We use the Past Continuous to talk about a specific
situation in the past and images….
 INTERROGATIVE INVERSION
Was you father driving
his new
cars to his work ?

Mark was playing football with her friends
Arnau was skating with her friends
Santi was surfing with her brother Pol
Marta wasn’t walking, she was running
Joan wasn’t playing football, he was cycling
Was Michael play basketball with her brother ?

Past simple
 Uses: we use the past simple to talk about past action
 Past expressions
 Last week , last summer, last year, last month
 Examples:
 I did an English course last summer
 He enjoyed his party last week
 My sister danced 4 years ago
finished
actions

FORMS OF PAST SIMPLE
 AFFIRMATIVE: SB+VERB IN PAST+COMPLEMEN
 NEGATIVE
 INTERROGATIVE DID/DIDN’T
Regular & irregular verbs
I forgot my mobile at home this morning
The film ended very late (regular)

Question
 QASI=
 Question word +auxiliary (DID)+ SB + inf?
 Where did you golast night ?
 When did you meet your friend Rossie?
 Negative =
 SB+ dind’t+ infinitive + complement
 We didn’t eat pizza at school
 They didn’t visit us at convis.

PAST CONTINUOUS & PAST SIMPLE
 Past continuous = LONG ACTIVITY
 Past SIMPLE = interrupted = short ACTIVITY
 WHENWHILE
 I was chatting with my friend Noah WHEN my mum
came into my room
 We were explaining the Past Continuous When Pol
students opened the door.

WHILE= long action
 While I was doing my homework , my brother arrived
home
 My father fell while he was repairing a cupboard
 He was listening to the news while his mother was
cooking