TOPICS UNIT 2

PAST SIMPLE
 PAST CONTINUOUS
•I
• HE
• SHE WAS + VERB-ING= I WAS SLEEPING / HE WAS SINGING….
• IT HE WAS EATING SEAFOOD.

• WE
• YOU WERE + VERB-ING WE WERE CLEANING THE ROOM.
• THEY THEY WERE DRIVING A CAR.
We don’t say: I WAS PLAY
We say: I WAS PLAYING
• EXAMPLES:
• AFF: I WAS PLAYING THE PIANO YESTERDAY AT 4PM.
• NEG: I WASN ‘T PLAYING THE PIANO YESTERDAY AT 4PM.
• INT: WERE YOU PLAYING THE PIANO YESTERDAY AT 4PM?
• YES, I WAS NO, I WASN’T
• WH : WHEN WERE YOU PLAYING THE PIANO?
• I WAS PLAYING THE PIANO YESTERDAY AT 4PM.
 EXAMPLES:
• HE WAS WORKING HARD IN HIS JOB.
• WH: WHERE WAS HE WORKING HARD?
• MY BROTHER WAS PLAYING HIS GUITAR LAST NIGHT.
• WH: WHAT WAS YOUR BROTHER PLAYING LAST NIGHT?
• MARIBEL WAS CYCLING IN THE PARK EARLY IN THE MORNING.
• WH: WHEN WAS MARIBEL CYCLING IN THE PARK?
• MY BROTHER WAS WATCHING TV SHOW.
• WH: WHO WAS WATCHING TV SHOW?
• WE WERE COOKING SEAFOOD.
• WH: WHAT WERE WE COOKING?
PAST SIMPLE vs PAST CONTINUOUS
 PAST SIMPLE vs PAST
CONTINUOUS
• WHILE / AS: PAST CONTINUOUS
• WHEN : PAST SIMPLE
• INTERRUPTED ACTIONS
WHILE/AS I WAS STUDYING, MY BABY CRIED.
• MY BABY CRIED WHILE / AS I WAS STUDYING.
• WHEN MY BABY CRIED, I WAS STUDYING.
• I WAS STUDYING WHEN MY BABY CRIED.
 EXERCISES
• INTERRUPTED ACTIONS
WHILE I WAS TRAINING, I HURT MY WRIST.
I WAS TRAINING WHEN I HURT MY WRIST.
WHEN I HURT MY WRIST, I WAS TRAINING.
I HURT MY WRIST WHILE I WAS TRAINING.
• PARALLEL ACTIONS
• WHILE HE WAS DRIVING A CAR, HIS DAUGHTER WAS EATING.
• I WAS STUDYING WHILE MY HUSBAND WAS MAKING DINNER.
• I WAS LISTENING TO CLASS WHILE MY FRIEND WAS WATCHING TV.
 A STORY THAT HAPPENED TO
ME
Last year I was at home with my cousins Gloria and Patty. We were playing
basketball in the kitchen. Patty threw the ball and she hit the kettle I was
preparing to drink coffee.
In less than a minute fire started spreading and there was no fire blanket or
something to put out the fire. My mobile was upstairs. Because of the fire, I
couldn't go upstairs easily so I went down again to fetch the phone. But I wasn't
concentrating because of my other cousins. So I phoned the firemen.
When the firemen came I was in the balcony for fresh air shouting. They saw me
first and I was safe. After they found my eldest cousin Gloria but Patty was still
missing. Then, I saw Patty safe and sound. I couldn't believe my eyes.
From this frightening experience, I learned not to play with the ball in the kitchen
especially when the kettle is on. For Patty the best thing was that teddy bear
wasn't burned!!!