SIMPLE PAST TENSE

vs
PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE
 Past simple
It is used:
For an action that started and ended in the past:
I saw a ghost last Friday.

For repeated actions in the past:

• When I was young, I watched lots of TV every day.
• I always gave flowers to my mother.

Regular and irregular past simple verbs:

• I talked to my uncle yesterday.
• I felt sick yesterday so, I went to the doctor.
 of
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d v e
A im
T Yesterday This morning

Two days
Last week
ago

Last Year Last Friday Night

 VERBAL NOMINAL
Subject + to be (was/were) + Adjective/complement
Subject + Verb 2
Example:
I was sad yesterday.
Example:
I went to campus yesterday. to be past past time signal

V2 dari go past time signal

Note:
Wastunggal
Were Jamak/banyak
Kecuali you: were
Please Complete this table! SLIDE INI DIKERJAKAN

Verb 1 Verb 2 Verb 3 Regular/Irregular

See Saw Seen IRREGULAR

Sing Sang Sung irregular

Walk Walked Walked Regular

Find Found Found Irregular

Write Wrote Written Irregular

Speak Spoke Spoken Irregular

Listen Listened Listened Regular

 Positive
• Subject + Verb 2 + Object
• I walked with Justin Bieber last night
• They walked with Justin Bieber last night
Sentence
Negative
• Subject + did not (didn’t) + Verb 1 + Object
• I did not walk with Justin Bieber last night
• They did not walk with Justin Bieber last night
Sentence
Interrogative
• Did + Subject + Verb 1+ Object + ?
• Did you walk with Justin Bieber last night?
•
Sentence
Did they walk with Justin Bieber last night?
• Yes, I did/ No, I did not (didn’t)
Please choose the best answer for sentences below and change the answer into Past Tense!

1.__________(Drink) Sule a cup of coffee before class this morning?

2.We___________(Not,Eat) a delicious dinner at a Mexican
restaurant last night.
3.I don’t have any money in my pocket. I ________(Spend) it last
night. I’m flat broke.
4.I_________(not, find) an interesting article in the newspaper
yesterday.
5.The sun_______(rise) at 6:04 this morning.
ANSWER

Eat-Ate, Drink-Drank, Spend-Spent, Find-Found, Rise-Rose

PAST CONTINUOUS
TENSE
The Past Continuous Tense expresses an activity
that was in progress (was occurring, was
happening) at a point of time in the past (e.g., at
7:15) or at the time of another action (e.g, when
Tome came)

Quoted from Betty S. Azar

Positive Form

Subject + to be Past (was/were) + Verb-Ing

At 7 am yesterday, I was studying in my bedroom.

Certain time in the past to be past Verb-ing

 • S + TO BE (was/were) + V1-ing + Object + Adv. of time
POSITIVE • Chika was sleeping last night

• S + TO BE (was/were) + Not + V1-ing + Object + Adv. of

NEGATIVE time
• Chika was not sleeping last night

• TO BE (was/were) + S + V1-ing + Object + Adv. Of time + ?

INTERROGATIVE • Was Chika sleeping last night?
• Yes, she was/No, she was not
 • When + Simple Past, Past Continuous
WHEN • When the Phone rang, I was taking a
bath

• Simple past, While + Past Continuous

WHILE • The phone rang, while I was taking a
bath
Complete the sentences with the word parentheses. Use simple past or past
continuous!

1. At 6:00 P.M., Bob sat down at the table and began to eat. At 6: 05, Bob (eat)
was eating dinner.
2. While Bob (eat) __________ dinner, Ann (come) _____ through the door last
night.
3. In other words, when Ann (come) _______ through the door, Bob (eat)
_________ dinner.
4. Bob went to bed at 10:30. at 11: 00 Bob (sleep) _______.
5. While he (walk) ______ to class, he (see) _______ Mrs. Smith yesterday.
6. When Bob (see) ________ Mrs. Smith, she (stand)______ on her front porch.
She (hold) ____________ a broom last week.
ANSWER

Eat – Ate, Come – Came, Walk-Walked, See- Saw, Stand – Stood, Hold - Held