UNACH CENTER

Students: Jorge Luis Colunche Bustamante

Niler Dayner Rafael Tantalean

Course: Ingles Basic

Miss: Luz Delia Cieza Medina

Chota, 2021
Simple Past vs. Past
Continuous
Use the simple Use the past
past for: continuous for:
1) action that 1) action that was in
happened in the progress at a specific
past and is . . . point in the past
OR
over, done, finished 2) focusing on an
action that continued
for a long time in the
past
 Simple Past (Examples)
Action that was completed in the past:
Tom went fishing last week.

I -----(work)until
worked 2:00 p.m. yesterday.

came
My family -------(came)to visit me last
year.
Past Continuous (Examples)
Action that was in progress at a
particular point in the past:

At 2:00 yesterday, Tom was playing

soccer.

Sophia wasn’t home last night when I

called her. I think she---------.
was working
(work)
Lisa and her husband --------
were visiting
(visit)us last week.
 Grammar
Structure:
Here are some reminders
about how to make the
simple past and past
continuous:
 The simple past: structure
English has two
types of verbs in • taught
the past tense: • walked
 Regular verbs • studied
 Irregular verbs • gave
Look at the following
• became
list of past tense • cried
verbs… • lived
which verbs are
regular, and which
• did
are irregular?
For regular verbs, simply use the –ed form of the
verb in a positive sentence.

When I was a child, I ___________ (play) the

piano.

Donna ___________(live) and _________(study)in

Paris when she was younger.
 For irregular verbs, use the correct
past tense form in positive sentences.

Last week, I __________(send)you a

letter.

The students ___________ (give)a speech

in English. They _______(do)a great job!
 Simple Past (Negative)
For all verbs (EXCEPT be), use:

S+
1) Sara worked yesterday.
Sara ---------(work)
didn’t work
yesterday.

2) They had an argument.

They -------(have)
didn’t have
an argument.

3) Sam took classes last year.

Sam -------
didn’t take
(take) classes last year.

4) I learned how to sew.

I -------
didn’t learn (learn) how to sew.
 The Past Continuous:
Don’t forget that VERB BE is part of this
structure.

I, He, She, It +WAS

You, We, They + WERE
 Examples:

My mom was trying to call me last

night, but I wasn’t home.

The kids --------(study)

were studying last night at
9:00.
was cleaning

I -------(clean) my house all day

yesterday.
 Past Continuous (Negative)

For this tense, simply ADD the word

NOT after the verb BE.

They were arguing last night.

They ------------(argue)
were NOT arguing last night.

She was yelling at me.

She -----------(yell)
was NOT yelling at me.
We can use 2 verbs in past
continuous to say that two actions
were happening simultaneously in the
past:

Ex. Jim was at the park. He was

sitting on the grass and reading.
interrogative sentences
• Simple Past • Past Continuous

Did + subject +Infinitive verb + Was/Were + subject + verbo + Ing+

complement+? complement+?

Did you work very hard last week? Was she crossing the road?

Examples

They were playing in the park.

She had a dog.

Did she have a dog? Were they playing in the park?