Past Simple vs Past Continuous.

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 The past progressive tense – affirmative – negative

Talking about two past events at the same time

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Past Simple -3-

Past Progressive -4-

Past Progressive vs Past Simple -5-

Adverbial clauses: As, When, While, 6 -7-
Use of Prepositions Before/ After -8-
Use of Prepositions : Till , Until -9-
 Past Vacations

What was 3
Bermudas like?
Fantastic! I had
a great time! I My last vacation. 5
relaxed a lot! My last vacation was terrible , I had a very long vacation time . I think that I learnt how to spend the time. I
met new people because I went to different places during the summer, and I wanted to meet people
everywhere.
TRAVEL VOCABULARY The first place I visited was Barcelona because I was invited for some days by a friend who has a house there.
accomodation resort I went with some friends, and I spent there just five days, but it was enough time to want to come back next
admission fee 4 return ticket (GB) summer!
brochure round ticket (US)
car rental (US) We stayed just lying in the sun and asleep, taking enough energy for the rest of the day and for the night! At
season
car hire (GB) night, we went out until next morning. We danced, met people, walked near the beach... while we watched the
sightseeing
cruise moon in silence.
single ticket (GB)
double room single room Next, I went to Italy. We stayed there for four days, and it was really unforgettable.
double room with twin beds to book
Finally, I went to Canarian Islands to relax on the beach for some days. There, I did not visit anything,
downtown to confirm
flight to go abroad I went there just to rest. After those days, I came back to Madrid, and, unfortunately, I had to start my
fortnight to go hiking routine again.
high season to go sightseeing
low season to have a good time
one-way ticket (US) to have a bad time
to hold a reservation to take a photograph
to stay to travel
 Past Progressive vs Past Simple

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Use Past Progressive to talk about an action that was in progress WHEN / WHILE
at a specific time in the past. We use WHILE to tell about two continuous actions happening at the
Subj+verb be + main verb+ing same time.
Afirmative

WHEN means :
I was talking
You were talking
'at that moment, at that time, etc.'
He Example:
She was talking WHILE you were sleeping , I was doing the housework.
It Use WHILE or WHEN when a progressive long action is interrupted by
We a short action.
You were talking Example:
Verb to be +subj+verb be+main verb+ing
Negative
They I was doing my homework WHEN my neighbour knocked the door.
Interrogative
Subj+verb be+not +main verb+ing
I was doing my homework WHEN the telephone rang
I wasn’t talking Was I talking? I was cooking WHEN Mary arrived.
You weren’t talking Were you talking? Use WHEN to express an action that happened in the course of another
He Was he action.
She wasn’t talking Was she talking? Example: WHEN we were in the city center , we went to nice restaurants.
It Was it (both: past simple)
We Were we We use WHEN to express an action that happened inmediately
You weren’t talking Were you talking? after another action (both :past simple)
They Were they Example: WHEN Joe shouted at Tina , she left
him in the cafe and went away.
 Past Progressive vs Past Simple

She was sleeping WHILE her

She was Reading WHEN he came in the office. They were dancing while it was mum was cooking
raining heavily
Interrupted action is a long action(past
continuous) which was interrupted with another
short action(past simple)

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 Adverbial Clauses: When or While?

Fill in the blanks with ‘WHEN’ or ‘WHILE’

1. ___________my sister was studying 6. My father was waiting in the car , ______my mother was
English , my mother was looking at the doing shopping.
family álbum. 7. _______Pam was waiting for the 12 o’clock plane,
2. I was taking a bath, _________my brother she met an old friend.
broke my mother’s favourite vase. 8. ________she was a child , she visited her relatives with
3. I arrived home , all the guests were having her mother.
coffee and cookies. 9. What were you doing ______ the judge looked at you suddenly?
4. I liked working ______I ____ in Paris. 10 ___________the teacher came into the classroom, some students
5. The Pérez were having breakfast ____ the Were arquing with each other.
doorbell rang. Put the verbs into the correct tense : Simple Past or Past Progressive
1. While Lina (read)_________, Mary __________(watch) a
documentary on tv.
2. When Maggie (come)______ home, she (switch)________
on the computer and (check) __________her e-mails.
3. The children (play) ____________ when it suddenly began to
rain.
4. When I (phone) ____________my friends , they (play)
__________monopoly.
5. Yesterday at six I (prepare)______________dinner.

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 As, When or While or During?

We can use “AS” to introduce two events happening at the same time. “WHILE” and “AS” We can use “WHILE” or “AS” to talk about two longer events
After “AS”, we can use a simple or continuous form of the verb. The or activities happening at the same time. We can use simple or continuous verb forms:
continuous or progressive form emphasises an action that interrupts or Exmples:
occurs during the progress of another action: 1. We spent long evenings talking in my sitting-room while he played the music and
Examples: explained his ideas.
1.As she walked to the door, she thanked them for a lovely dinner. 2.We were lying on the beach sunbathing as they were playing volleyball.
2.As he was signing the contract, he noticed that a page was missing. 3.We ate our sandwiches as we walked around the park.
3. I worked as a waiter when I was a student. We can use when and while without a verb, or without a subject + auxiliary
DURING : We use DURING + NOUN to say when something happens: verb be:
During the film- During our holiday - During the night Example:
Examples: 1.Go past the village signpost and you get to a church. When there, take the next
1.We met a lot of interesting people during our vacation. turning right. (formal)
2. I fell asleep during the film. 2.He read his book while waiting for the bus. (while he was waiting)
Write :When, while, during, as to complete the following sentences
1. The garden is wet, it must have rained a lot    __________ the 6. The doorbell rang just    ________I was getting into the bath. 
night.  7. Why does he steal things    ________he could easily afford to buy
2. Good bye Sonia! Please phone me    ________you get home.  them ? 
3. Why don't you go shopping    _______you are waiting for your 8. Mary washed up and made coffee    ______ the meal was finished.  Click to listen to
car to be repaired ?  9. John fell asleep    _________driving along the motorway. He is the answers
4. I've never heard such a strange story    _________my whole life.  lucky to be alive. 
5. I watched    ________the firemen tried to put out the fire.  10. Would you look after the children    __________I do the
shopping ? 
 BEFORE / AFTER

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Before After
'Before' means 'before that moment‘, “earlier than” 'After' means 'after that moment‘, “later than”:
1. As a preposition: 1. As a preposition:
• Before dinner • After lunch
• Before going to France, you should read the guide book. • After thanking them I left.
• Before we start dinner, I would like to say something. • You shouldn't buy that expensive car. After all, you don't have that
2. At the end of a clause, as an adverb: much money.
• He has written about this subject before. • • As conjunctions:
• I've seen him before. • After he told me the story, he left my house.
2. At the end of a clause, as an adverb:
Fill in the spaces with AFTER or BEFORE • The criminal was stopped a month after he committed the crime.
Don’t forget to take the
Wash your hands________you umbrella_______you go out. We normally use a People sometimes We usually brush our teeth
use the toilet. It is raining . hairdryer to dry our drink a glass of _________ we have dinner.
They usually wash the dishes hair ________ we wash it. milk_________they
________they have dinner. go to bed and sleep

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 Prepositions :Until, till

'Until' and 'till' express 'up to that time'. We use in the simple present or simple past with 'until' and 'till'.
11 'Till' is usually only used in spoken English. We waited until he finished his homework.
I'll wait till you finish.
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Write until or till OR until you get to or till you get to in the spaces

below.
Example 1:
I waited for the bus until half past three. (o, till)
Example 2:Drive up this road until you get to the crossroads. (o, till you get to)
1) I watched television _______midnight.
2) Lunch is from one o'clock _____________three.
3) Walk along this road _____________a bridge on your left.
4) It rained ____________the next morning.
5) You walk across the park ____________the restaurant.
6) Drive about 20km along this road _____________the entrance to castle.
7) I'm working here _____________I find a better job.
8) You're not going out to play _____________you've finished your homework.
9) My life was very boring ____________I met you.
10) You take the train ____________the next station. It usually takes 5 minutes. 
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