Day 2

Day 2
Reviewing Verb Tenses!

Simple Past
The simple past tense is used to indicate or describe something that happened or existed in the
past. The situations or conditions to use a simple past tense is to:
 describe an action, event or condition that occurred in the past or at a specified time
 refer or describe an action that has been completed and there is no time mentioned.
 describe a state of mind in the past or a feeling that was felt in the past.
 describe events that have occurred in quick succession in the past.

REMEMBER! There are regular and irregular verbs; regular verbs are formed by adding –ed. You
should learn the irregular verbs by heart.

Simple Past Negative

did not (didn’t) + base form of verb

 Anne did not bring her computer yesterday.

How to Ask a Question

(WH word) + did + subject + base form of verb

 Did he win the lottery?

 Where did they go to celebrate?

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Past Continuous

Past continuous tense is used to indicate an ongoing event in the past. Other conditions where
past continuous tense is used are:
 To show that someone is in the middle of an action.
o Example: I was calling him when he came home.
 Is used to describe an action taking place when another occurred.
o Example: While they were painting the door, I was painting the windows.
 For an action that was taking place in the past when an interrupted action happened.
o Example: While he was working on his laptop, he fell asleep.

Formulating the Past Continuous Tense

The past continuous tense is formed using the past tense of the verb to be (was/were) and the
present participle verbs ending in -‘ing’.

Pronouns Affirmative sentence Negative sentence

I I was listening to music. I was not listening to music.
you You were listening to music. You were not listening to music.
he, she, it He was listening to music. He was not listening to music.
we, you, they They were listening to music. They were not listening to music.

Yes/No Questions Wh Questions

Was I listening to music? Where was I listening to music?
Were you listening to music? What were you listening to?
Was he listening to music? When was he listening to music?
Were they listening to music? Why were they listening to music?
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Exercise 1. Have a look at James's last week's diary and answer the questions in complete
sentences. Put the time expression at the end of the sentence.

1 .When was his English course? ___________________________________________________

2. When did he go shopping? ______________________________________________________

3. When did he buy flowers? ______________________________________________________

4. When was his meeting? ________________________________________________________

5. When did he play football? _____________________________________________________

6. When did he go to the Italian restaurant? __________________________________________

7. When did he ring Jane? ________________________________________________________

8. When did he go to the cinema? __________________________________________________

9. When did he play tennis? _______________________________________________________

10. When was the concert? _______________________________________________________

11. When did he go sailing? _______________________________________________________

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Exercise 2. Create questions in simple past.

1. Anna / the window / open ______________________________________________________

2. she / home / walk _____________________________________________________________
3. you / in the garden / work ______________________________________________________
4. you / a song / sing ____________________________________________________________
5. she / on a chair / sit ___________________________________________________________
6. you / the castle / visit __________________________________________________________
7. Jenny / the door / lock _________________________________________________________
8. she / happy / be ______________________________________________________________
9. Greg / the ball / kick ___________________________________________________________
10. the car / at the corner / stop ___________________________________________________

Exercise 3. Choose the correct past continuous form.

1. The boy (is sleeping - was sleeping - were sleeping).

2. I (was reading - were reading - am reading) when the lights went out.
3. It (is raining - was raining - were raining).
4. I (am cooking - was cooking - were cooking) dinner when the visitors arrived.
5. Julia (did - was doing - were doing) her homework at 8 pm.
6. James (was repairing - were repairing - is repairing) the car.
7. Janet (were rehearsing - is rehearsing - was rehearsing) for the play.
8. The birds (was chirping - were chirping - have chirping).

Retrieved from:
https://www.toppr.com/guides/english/tenses/past-tense/
https://www.englishgrammar.org/continuous-tense-worksheet/
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simple-past/exercises?02
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simple-past/exercises?06