negative ‘question
Did Yyou/te/she/t/we they
play ..?
yow/e/she/t/weAhey
did not (didn) play...
Example Con
Tam te Jas on yeerdy, | TBs le tn ed
Repeated acons ne past I wet the tet tes tmnt | Ye
nwa ts tot te pst Fly er ag, erp dr pandas | yet
mnuchon etme 2 they dood, | as melee
Tai everis wary Josh puted te coo open sd loked |. + # atuay/2001/
“ inside the room. ae '» an hour/a week/a year ago
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continuous
statement negative question
‘Vhe/she/t was playing... /he/She/t was not (wasn) playing .. Was V/he/she/it playing?
You/we/they were playing... You/ne/hey were not (weren't) playing... Were you/we/tey playing?
Example J
‘ations happening at @ [Atnine o'clock last night, [was watching TV. | The past continous is often
momentinthepast sed with the fling words
“Two actions in progress | was reading 3 book while you were doing | and phrases:
atthe same time the washing. «at that moment
Background information twas raining so Wendy decided to go to the |» at one/two/ete oclock
ina story ccnema while
(i) + wren oe atone past appers inh mide aaer we use he past glean thepast
Continuous tga,
7 Te hone rang ile |was watching 2010.
'* We do not use the past continuous for regular or repeated actions in the past.
“1 Last year was going te-the cinema every weekend.
negative question
Vyouhe/she/ivwefhey —_—-‘Yyou/he/she/i/we/they never used to... Did /you/he/she/it/we/they
used to. use to..?
Vyou/e/she/it/we/hey didn't use to.
Example
When Iwas four, used to eat ce cream every day
Distant past habits and states