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PAST SIMPLEPAST SIMPLE
PAST CONTINUOUSPAST CONTINUOUS
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PAST SIMPLEPAST SIMPLE
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PAST SIMPLE
Form:
Questions: Negatives:
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PAST SIMPLE
Form:
Infinitive + ed
Questions: Negatives:
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PAST SIMPLE
Form:
Infinitive + ed
Questions: Negatives:
There are also many irregular verbs
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PAST SIMPLE
Form:
Infinitive + ed
Questions:
did + pronoun + infinitive
Negatives:
There are also many irregular verbs
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PAST SIMPLE
Form:
Infinitive + ed
Questions:
did + pronoun + infinitive
Negatives:
did not (didn’t) + infinitive
There are also many irregular verbs
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PAST SIMPLE
Form:
Infinitive + ed
Questions:
did + pronoun + infinitive
Negatives:
did not (didn’t) + infinitive
Short verbs :stop
There are also many irregular verbs
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PAST SIMPLE
Form:
Infinitive + ed
Questions:
did + pronoun + infinitive
Negatives:
did not (didn’t) + infinitive
Short verbs :stop stopped
(1syllable + 1 consonant + 1vowel = 2 consonants)
There are also many irregular verbs
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PAST SIMPLE
Form:
Infinitive + ed
Questions:
did + pronoun + infinitive
Negatives:
did not (didn’t) + infinitive
Short verbs :stop stopped
(1syllable + 1 consonant + 1vowel = 2 consonants)
Consonant + y :study
There are also many irregular verbs
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PAST SIMPLE
Form:
Infinitive + ed
Questions:
did + pronoun + infinitive
Negatives:
did not (didn’t) + infinitive
Short verbs :Stop Stopped
(1syllable + 1 consonant + 1vowel = 2 consonants)
Consonant + y :study studied
(change -y to -ied)
There are also many irregular verbs
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PAST CONTINUOUSPAST CONTINUOUS
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PAST CONTINUOUS
Form:
Questions: Negatives:
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PAST CONTINUOUS
Form:
Questions: Negatives:
was / were + verb + ing
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PAST CONTINUOUS
Form:
Questions: Negatives:
was / were + verb + ing
was / were (wasn’t / weren’t)+ verb+ ing
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PAST CONTINUOUS
Form:
Questions: Negatives:
was / were + verb + ing
was / were + pronoun + verb + ing was / were (wasn’t / weren’t)+ verb+ ing
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PAST CONTINUOUS
Form:
Questions: Negatives:
was / were + verb + ing
was / were + pronoun + verb + ing was / were (wasn’t / weren’t)+ verb+ ing
Continuous tense =
be + verb+ ing
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PAST CONTINUOUS
Form:
Questions: Negatives:
was / were + verb + ing
was / were + pronoun + verb + ing was / were (wasn’t / weren’t)+ verb+ ing
The Past Continuous is sometimes called
Past Progressive
Continuous tense =
be + verb+ ing
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PAST SIMPLE VS PAST CONTINUOUSPAST SIMPLE VS PAST CONTINUOUS
Past Simple• For something in the past
which is finished.
My father bought a new car last month
• To tell the events of a story.
He opened the door, switched on the light
• A habitual action (routine) in the past.
He often told me he was the best player
Past Continuous• For an action that we were in
the middle of.
He was waling in the street when I met him
• To insist on how long the action lasted.
He was studying literature for ten years
• We normally do not use Past Continuous with state verbs
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PAST SIMPLE VS PAST CONTINUOUSPAST SIMPLE VS PAST CONTINUOUS
Past SimpleUse with:
yesterday
…ago
in 1995
the other day
last Friday
when
Past ContinuousUse with:
while
as long as
when
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PAST SIMPLE VS PAST CONTINUOUSPAST SIMPLE VS PAST CONTINUOUS
When Mary arrived, we were having dinner
When Mary arrived, we had dinner
…after another action…at the same time
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