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PAST CONTINUOUS

PAST SIMPLE

Past simple and Past continuous

actions in the past

a completed past action or past state

past habits

Use

actions in progress at specific time in the past

actions that happened especially in stories

questions and short answers: Were or Was + subject + verb ing + ?

Were they calling many times?

Was she waiting in the rain?

Negative: subject + was or were and not + verb ing + complement

were not (weren't)

They weren't jumping on your bed

was not (wasn't)

He wasn¿t screaming in the meeting

Afirmative: subject + was or were + verb ing + complement

we, they

were

We were looking for job

she, he, i, it

was

I was listening to music

Verbs

irregular

sang

ending in y change it to ied

tried

(short) consonant + vowel + consonant double and add ed

stopped

ending in e add d

liked

add ed

wanted

Questions and short answers: Did + subject + complement + ?

she, he, it, we, they, i, you,

Did they learn something?

Yes they did or No they didn't

Did she do her part of the homework?

Yes she did or No she didn't

Negative: subject + did not (didn't) + verb in base form + complement

she, he, it, we, they, i, you

Peter did not have fun

The children didn't like the food

Afirmative: subject + verb regular ed or irregular + complement

she, he, it, i, you, they, we

I wanted a new book

Daniela ate a cupcake

My friends went to my house yesterday