The Past Simple Tense

The Past Continuous

Tense
ENG102
Week 02
Introduction
Formation of the Simple Past
Formation of Regular Verbs
Example of Regular Verbs
Regular Verbs
Example of Irregular Verbs
Irregular Verbs
Affirmative & Negative Sentences in the past tense
Questions in the simple past tense
Verb to BE
Verb to BE - Negative
Verb to BE - Questions
Use of the Simple Past Tense
Time Expressions Used with the Simple Past Tense
Exercise – Put the Verbs in the Simple Past Tense
Exercise – Rewrite the Sentences in the Negative Form
Exercise – Turn the Sentences into Yes/No Questions
Exercise – Turn the Sentences into Questions
Starting with a WH Word
When do we use the past continuous tense?

We use it to talk about a past action which was happening over a

period of time.
• We were watching TV yesterday evening.
• I was doing my homework at this time yesterday.
 Past Simple & Past Continuous
The past simple and past continuous are used together when something
happened in the middle of something else.
• We were eating dinner when the telephone rang.
Past Simple & Past Continuous
Exercise – Form sentences using the past
continuous tense
 Exercise – Use the verb in brackets to form
the past continuous
• Yesterday at six, I (prepare) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ dinner.
• The kids (play) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in the garden when it suddenly began to
rain.
• While Ali (work) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in his office, his friends (swim) _ _ _ _ _ _
_ in the pool.
• I (sit) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in a café when you called.
Questions?

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