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    The document provides information about using the past simple and past progressive (also called past continuous) tenses in English. It defines their usage and gives examples of positive, negative, and interrogative sentence structures for each. The past simple is used to describe completed actions in the past, while the past progressive describes ongoing or incomplete actions that started in the past. Sample sentences are given to illustrate each tense.

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    The document provides information about using the past simple and past progressive (also called past continuous) tenses in English. It defines their usage and gives examples of positive, negative, and interrogative sentence structures for each. The past simple is used to describe completed actions in the past, while the past progressive describes ongoing or incomplete actions that started in the past. Sample sentences are given to illustrate each tense.

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    The document provides information about using the past simple and past progressive (also called past continuous) tenses in English. It defines their usage and gives examples of positive, negative, and interrogative sentence structures for each. The past simple is used to describe completed actions in the past, while the past progressive describes ongoing or incomplete actions that started in the past. Sample sentences are given to illustrate each tense.

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    PAST SIMPLE

    I VERB PAST FORM. USAGE OF DID


    YOU POSITIVE
    HE PRONOUN+VERB IN  TO ASK
    SHE PAST+COMPLEMENT.  TO NEGATE
    IT NEGATIVE.
    WE PRONOUN+AUXILIARY +VERB IN
    YOU PRESENT+COMPLEMENT.
    THEY INTERROGATIVE.
    AUXILIARY +PRONOUN+VERB IN
    PRESENT+COMPLEMENT+
    INTERROGATION MARK ?.
    USAGE.
    An action that has a beginning and
    finish.

    1. Juan worked with me last year.

    Juan didn’t work with me last year. Juan did not work with me last year.

    Did Juan work with me last year? Didn’t Juan work with me last year? Did Juan not work with me
    last year?

    Juan worked with me last year, didn’t he?

    Juan didn’t work with me last year, did he?

    2. Mozart wrote more than 600 pieces of music.

    Mozart didn’t write more than 600 pieces of music. Mozart did not write more than 600 pieces of
    music.

    Didn’t Mozart write more than 600 pieces of music? Did Mozart write more than 600 pieces of
    music? Did Mozart not write more than 600 music pieces?

    Mozart wrote more than 600 pieces of music, didn’t he?

    Mozart didn’t write more than 600 pieces of music, did he?
    PROGRESSIVE OR CONTINOUS PAST

    I WAS VERB PAST FORM.


    YOU WERE POSITIVE
    HE WAS PRONOUN+ AUXILIARY
    SHE (WAS/WERE) +VERB ING
    IT +COMPLEMENT.
    WE WERE NEGATIVE.
    YOU PRONOUN+ AUXILIARY
    THEY (WAS/WERE) + NOT+VERB ING
    +COMPLEMENT.
    INTERROGATIVE.
    AUXILIARY +PRONOUN+VERB
    ING+COMPLEMENT+
    INTERROGATION MARK ?.
    USAGE.
    An action that have a
    beginning and may be
    finished, but you have to
    explain. Normally, it is action
    that start in the past and it
    wasn’t finished.

    1. She was wearing a skirt yesterday. Yesterday she was wearing a skirt (put on)

    She wasn’t wearing a skirt yesterday. She was not wearing a skirt yesterday.
    Was she wearing a skirt yesterday? Wasn’t She wearing a skirt yesterday? Was she not wearing
    a skirt yesterday?

    She was wearing a skirt yesterday, wasn’t she?

    She wasn’t wearing a skirt yesterday, was she?

    2. We were walking home.

    We weren’t walking home- we were not walking home.

    Were we walking home? Weren’t we walking home? Were we not walking home?

    We were walking home, weren’t we?


    We weren’t walking home, were we?

    Were we walking home?


    Where were we walking to go home?
    We had a feeling about the disaster of yesterday.

    Long time ago I needed a computer because the other was working like a turtle.

    I forgot the homework.

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