(| " oe’. , 6=—6h@ Past simple positive \/He/She/It/We/You/They I/He/She/It/We/You/They negative \/He/She/It/We/You/They \/He/She/It/We/You/They questions OOCOOOAO. 3 63 63 63 ES Ex helped at the event. < * * went to the event. didn't help at the event. didn't go to the event. Did |/he/she/it/we/you/they _ help at the event? Did __|/he/she/it/we/you/they _ go to the event? short answers Yes, |/he/she/it/we/you/they did. No, |/he/she/it/we/you/they didn't. = e talking about the past |. Past simple a We use the past simple to talk about: JI * an action that started and finished in the past- David finished his maths homework. * one completed past action after another. | got home and sat down. * a past habit or regular past event. Maria and Eva visited the lake everyday on their holiday. Note: Look at the spelling changes: help - helped study - studied practise - practised chop - chopped talking about the pastWe use the past simple for an action that interrupts or happens during another action in progress in the past. For the action in progress, we use the past continuous. Claudette was studying in Pisa when she met Katerina. We can use while instead of when, but we put while before the past continuous verb. Dan heard the news while he was reading through his social media account. When Dan heard the news, he was reading through his social media account. We don't usually use stative verbs in the past continuous form.po: questions \/He/She/It was Was __I/he/she/it waiting. waiting? We/You/They were 8 Were _we/you/they c negative short answers VHe/She/it wasn't waiting. WVhe/she/it was. We/You/They weren't Yes, we/you/they were. W/he/she/it wasn't. No, we/you/they weren't. We use the past continuous to: + talk about an action in progress in the past. | was playing video games. We were eating breakfast. * set the scene in a story. The sun was shining. My dad and brother were watching TV. A, talking about the past. -ing form We use the -ing form: y A + as the subject or object of a sentence. Eating vegetables is good for you. | really love surfing! + after prepositions. always end up leaving my keys at home. | went home after finishing my game. + after some verbs: begin, continue, enjoy, finish, hate, like, love, imagine, practise, remember, start, stop, suggest. tremember stopping at the shop on the way home. Eb, | continued playing in the rain. oe