ENGLISH - UNIT 1 (2nd part) - TRAVEL TROUBLE - PAST SIMPLE & PAST CONTINUOUS

PAST SIMPLE

• The past simple shows us that an action was in the past, not in the present. Regular past simple verbs have -ed at the end (e.g. called, played, arrived). Irregular verbs have a different form, usually with a different vowel sound (e.g. wake → woke, break → broke, feel → felt).

    My parents called me yesterday.

    I woke up early this morning.

    Sam played basketball when he was at university.

• We make the negative with didn't and the infinitive verb.

    My parents didn't call me yesterday.

    I didn't wake up early this morning.

• We make the question form with did and then the subject and infinitive verb.

    Did you wake up early this morning?

    Did Sam play basketball when he was at university?

PAST CONTINUOUS

• The past continuous shows us that the action was already in progress at a certain time in the past.

    What were you doing at 8 p.m. last night? I was studying.

• The past continuous can also show that an activity was in progress for some time, not just for a moment.

    We were cleaning the house all morning.

• We make the past continuous with was or were and the -ing form of the verb.

    She was working.

    We were living in Gijón.

PAST SIMPLE VS. CONTINUOUS

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