PAST SIMPLE &

PAST CONTINUOUS
8: oo a.m Have breakfast
11:00 a.m Play golf
13:00 p.m Drive Ferrari
19:00 Swim in the pool
20:00 Drink champagne
22:00 Have a party
2:00 a.m Go to bed
 Simple past

He played golf on Sunday.

We arrived home at 1 o'clock.

Regular:
Affirmative : verb + ed = past tense
e.g. He travelled to Paris last month.
Negative : didn't + infinitive
e.g. She didn't work on Monday.
Interrogative : did + subject +infinitive
e.g. Did they stop to buy bread?
 Irregular

He had breakfast at 8 o'clock.

He drove his Ferari.
He swam in the pool.
He drank champagne.
He had a party.
He went to sleep in his bedroom.
8: oo a.m Have breakfast
What was he doing at 8 o'clock on
Sunday?

He was having breakfast at 8 o'clock

on Sunday.
 PAST CONTINUOUS

Form: We form the Past Continuous from the past

tense of the verb BE (was / were)+-ing form

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE

I / he /she /it was singing I / he /she /it wasn't singing Was I / he /she /it singing?
You / we/ they were singing You/we/ they weren't singing Were you / we/they singing?
11:00 a.m Play golf
13:00 p.m Drive Ferrari
19:00 Swim in the pool
20:00 Drink champagne
22:00 Have a party
2:00 a.m Go to bed
 SPELLING OF THE -ING FORM

have – having swim - swimming

take – taking put - putting
make-making run – running

tie – tying
die - dying
 Affirmative

He was having breakfast at 8 o'clock.

He was playing golf at 11 o'clock.
He was driving his Ferrari at 12 o'clock.
He was swimming in the pool at 7 o'clock
p.m.
He was drinking champagne at 8 o'clock
p.m.
He was having a party at 10 o'clock p.m.
He was sleeping at 2 o'clock a.m.
 NEGATIVE


He wasn't having breakfast at 6 o'clock.
He was sleeping.

He wasn't driving at 11 o'clock.
He was playing golf.

He wasn't dancing at 7 o'clock p.m.
He was swimming.
 QUESTIONS


What was he doing at 8 o'clock in the
morning?
He was having breakfast.

Was he dancing at 10 o'clock p.m. ?
Yes, he was.

Was he drinking champagne at 12 o'clock
p.m.?
No, he wasn't.
 PAST CONTINUOUS

We use Past Continuous to say that

something was in progress at a
certain time in the past.
Example: At 11 o´clock Anton was playing golf
with his friends.
 Simple past

The simple past refers

to a completed action
at one particular time
in the past.
e.g. Anton had a party last Sunday.
 When / While/As

Time clauses in the past simple are often introduced by

when.
e.g. When I saw him, he was running in the park.
He was running in the park when I saw him.

Time clauses in the past continuous are often

introduced by while / as.
e.g. While/As I was doing my homework, father
arrived home.
Father arrived home while/as I was doing my
homework.