3. Past continuous form
We
You
They
WERE+ ING
Verbs ending in E= ING
Come=coming
Verbs ending in= YING
Play= playing
1 syllable CVC=we double C
Eat=eatting
4. USES
We use the Past Continuous to talk about situations in
the past and images...
AFFIRMATIVE
NEGATIVE
SUB+WAS/WERE
+ING+COMPLEMENT
My mum was eatting at my
father’s restaurant.
SB+WASN’T/WEREN’T+IN
G+COMPLEMENT
My brother wasn’t cooking a
cake.
5. USES
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
INTERROGATIVE
INVERSION
WAS/WERE+SUBJECT
+ING+COMPLEMENT
Was she playing a
basketball match?
Were the boys doing the
homework?
6. •The boy was eating an ice
cream of chocolate and
strawberries.
•The man was sleeping on
the tree.
•The man was doing a
hamburger for the family.
•The couple was walking
on the street.
•The girls were taking a
cocktail on the park.
•The family was having a
good time.
•The man was playing a
golf.
7. Past simple
USES:
We use the past simple to talk about past finished
actions.
Past expressions:
Last week, last day, last month...
Examples:
They did a global exam of Spanish.
He carried the balls of the match.
Last week I was chatting with my friends of Blanes.
8. Forms of Past Simple
AFFIRMATIVE: SB+VERB IN PAST+COMPLEMENT
He came at my home last wednesday
She watched a film.
REGULAR & IRREGULAR VERBS
NEGATIVE
INTERROGATIVE
DID/DIDN’T
9. QUESTIONS
(QUESTION WORD)+AUXILIARY(DID)+SB+INF?
When did you go last summer?
When did she sing a song?
NEGATIVE:
SB+DIDN’T+INFINITIVE+COMPLEMENT
We didn’t stay with my fathers.
They didn’t score in the match.
10. Past continuous & Past simple together
Past continuous=long action
Past simple=interrupted/short action
WHEN+PAST SIMPLE
WHILE+PAST CONTINUOUS
I was doing my homework when my mum enter in my
bedroom
I was washing the dishes when the water stopped.
Interrupted action
11. WHILE=LONG ACTION
While I was watching TV my brother was calling her
girlfriend.
While my mum was doing the dinner I was chatting
with friends
While my father was working I was playing a football
match
Parallel actions