Expressing continuous actions

Yes/No Information questions and complete, short answers

El tiempo verbal present progressive indica que una acción o condición está
sucediendo ahora, con frecuencia, y puede continuar en el futuro. (ING)

Subject +To Be [Am, Is, Are] + Verb [Present Participle]

I am eating a piece of bread with coke.

My mother is cooking on her stove new.

The kids are shaking with fear from the movie.

 Expressing continuous actions
Yes/No Information questions and complete, short answers

Negative

Subject +To Be [Am, Is, Are] + Not + Verb [Present Participle]

I am not eating a piece of bread with coke.

My mother isn’t cooking on her stove new.

The kids aren’t shaking with fear from the movie.

 Expressing continuous actions
Yes/No Information questions and complete, short answers

Questions https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_present-continuous.htm

To Be [Am, Is, Are] + subject + Verb [Present Participle]

Are you eating a piece of bread with coke?

Yes, I am / No, I am not
Is my mother cooking on her stove new?
Yes, she is / No, she isn’t.

Are the kids shaking with fear from the movie?

Yes, they are/ No, they aren’t.
 Irregular verbs Infinite Past Traslate
To make made Hacer
Infinite Past Traslate To do did Hacer
To come came Venir To speak spoke hablar
To let let Dejar To say said Decir
To go went Ir To see saw Ver
To put put Poner To send sent Enviar
To take took Tomar To be was/were Ser o estar
To give gave Dar To have had Tener
To get got Conseguir To teach taught Enseñar
To keep kept Mantener To buy bought Comprar
To know knew Saber To spend spent Gastar
 Regular verbs Infinitive Past Traslate
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To call called Llamar
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To close closed Cerrar
To discover discovered Descubrir
To help helped Ayudar
To hope hopped Esperar
To learn learned Aprender
To need needed Necesitar
To answer answered Responder
To arrive arrived Salir
To change changed Cambiar
To deliver delivered Entregar
To clean cleaned Limpiar
 THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE

The past simple- preterit - is the verb tense we use when we narrate a fact
or event that occurred at a precise point in the past, an event or fact that
we see as concluded.

I went to the cinema yesterday. The class ended a minute ago.

Ayer fuí al cine. La clase terminó hace un minuto.

THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE

Was / were + S +…..+?

Were they Friends?
Examples with regular verbs

My wife cooked dinner last night because I was tired from studying..

Mi esposa cocinó la cena anoche porque yo estaba cansado de estudiar.

My wife didn’t cook dinner yesterday because she was angry with me.

Mi esposa no cocinó la cena anoche porque estaba enojada conmigo.

Where did they cook their dinner?

¿Donde ellos cocinaron su cena?
Examples with irregular verbs

My friends and I went out for the weekend.

Mis amigos y yo salimos el fin de semana.

My friends and I didn’t go out for the weekend.

Mis amigos y yo no salimos el fin de semana.

Did you go out last weekend?

¿Saliste el fin de semana pasado?

Examples with verb to be

She was a waitress here.

Ella fue una camarera aquí.

She wasn’t a waitress here.

Ella no fue una camarera aquí.

Was she a waitress?

¿Fue ella una camarera aquí?

 Expressing past events.
Yes no/information Question, short/complete answers

I always got up at six those days.

The patient had died when the doctor arrived.

There were a lot of people waiting in the station. Some were sleeping on the benches, and
others were walking up and down. Sarah was looking for Graham so she didn´t sit down.

Was Chris at the party last night? Did you sleep well last night?
- Yes, he was. / No, he wasn’t. Yes, I did / No, I didn't.
- Yes, Chris was at the party last night. Did the airplane arrive on time?
Yes, it did / No, it didn't.

https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_past.htm