2. The past simple
 I played
 We broke
 She didn’t jump
 Did they run?
 I was sick
 They were in the
beach
The past continuous
 I was playing
 We were breaking
 She wasn’t jumping
 Were they running?
 I was being sick
 They were sunbathing
in the beach

3. PAST SIMPLE
USES

5. It is normally followed by time
expressions
Yesterday, in 1990, then, when…
Last month, last week, last summer…
3 days ago, some time ago, a week ago …

6. PAST CONTINUOUS
USES

8. This tense describes…
AN ACTION THAT WAS IN PROGRESS AT SOME
POINT IN THE PAST.
My brother was working yesterday at 7
They were doing and exam last Friday at 2:30
TWO EVENTS TAKING PLACE AT THE SAME TIME IN
THE PAST
Ellen was cooking while her sister was watching TV

9. It is normally used with times and
expressions
At 10.00 this morning…
Yesterday evening at 9.00

10.  I was eating chocolate
 She was studying French
 AS YOU CAN SEE, THE STRUCTURE IS VERY SIMPLE.
SUBJECT + WAS/ WERE + GERUND (Verb + ing)
GERUND = continuous formof the verb
In Spanish= RUN– Correr
RUNNING- Corriendo
 I wasn’t studying yesterday at 5 o’clock
 Peter wasn’t living in San Francisco
 They weren’t watching TV
 Were they watching TV?
 Was your best friend travelling to Paris?

11. PAST CONTINUOUS AND PAST SIMPLE
We can find different situations

14. In this last situation you are going to find
WHEN and WHILE in the sentences.
They usually follow one rule
While I was driving to work, I had an accident
I was having a shower when the phone rang
What were you doing when I called you last night?

15. Fill the gaps with the correct tense
 It __________hard when we left the building. (rain)
was raining
 While I _____________the report you rang. (read)
 Was reading
 He was going out to lunch when I _____him. (see)
saw
 While he ______________I phoned him (cook)
 Was cooking
 Jimmy was taking a bath when the phone ____ (ring)
rang

16. SOME ONLINE ACTIVITIES
1. http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/pastsi
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3. http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/pastsi
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4. http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/pastsi
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5. http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/pastsi
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17.  When she was just a girl she
expected the world
But it flew away from her reach
So she ran away in her sleep and
dreamed of paradise,
Every time she closed her eyes
When she was just a girl she
expected the world
But it flew away from her reach
and the bullets catch in her
teeth
Life goes on, it gets so heavy
The wheel breaks the butterfly
every tear’s a waterfall
In the night the stormy night
she'll close her eyes
In the night the stormy night
away she'd fly
And dream of paradise
She'd dream of paradise
And so lying underneath those
stormy skies
She'd say, "Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
oh
I know the sun must set to rise"
This could be paradise
https://www.youtube.com/watc
h?v=1G4isv_Fylg

18. Practice with song
 http://www.ejerciciodeingles.com/ejercicios-practicar-
past-simple-past-continuous-cancion-john-lennon/
 http://www.ejerciciodeingles.com/ejercicios-verbos-past-
simple-cancion-coldplay/ (coldplay – yellow)
 http://www.ejerciciodeingles.com/ejercicios-past-simple-
pronunciacion-terminacion-ed-cancion-james-blunt/
(james Blunt – beautiful)
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayJNGnr_T3M
(aerosmith – crying)
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R04sLCmtz3E
(oasis - Champagne supernova)