PAST SIMPLE VS CONTINUOUS

Honelako gehiago

Language Arts

by sheri okland

Was-Were

by JUAN ESTEBAN MANCIPE MARTINEZ

The picture of Dorian Gray

by Josefina Rivas

PAST PERFECT SIMPLE

by Nela b

PAST SIMPLE VS CONTINUOUS

Focus on the past time!

Story: Elisa and the mysterious stalker

Verb tenses are really important to use correctly the language!

Activity

After watching the video and reading all the notes in this mind-map, click on the link and fill in the compare and contrast.

Use your own words and examples.

PAST CONTINUOUS

WHILE... / At that moment / / Yesterday at ... (7/8/10) o'clock

WAS / WERE + Subject + Ving? Is she playing basketball? Are you listening to music?

Subject + WASN'T / WEREN'T + Ving She isn't playing basketball. You aren't listening to music.

Subject + WAS / WERE + Ving She WAS PLAYING basketball yesterday afternoon. You WERE LISTENING to music when I came in .

Used to talk about actions IN PROGRESS at a specific moment in the past.

PAST SIMPLE

TIME EXPRESSIONS

YESTERDAY LAST (WEEK MONTH, YEAR...), (TWO DAYS , ONE MONTH...) AGO WHEN...

FORM

Questions

DID + Subject (You/We/They)+ VERB INFINITIVE? Do you listen to music?

Negative

Subject (He/She/It) + DIDN'T + VERB INFINITIVE He DIDN'T LISTEN to music yesterday. / He DIDN'T WRITE a book last year.

Affirmative

Subject (He/She/It) + VERB-ED /IRREGULAR FORM He LISTENED to music yesterday. / He WROTE a book last year.

USE

Used to talk about FINISHED actions in the PAST.