Past simple and Past continuous - Mind Map

Past simple and Past continuous

Afirmative: subject + verb regular ed or irregular + complement

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

My friends went to my house yesterday

Daniela ate a cupcake

I wanted a new book

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

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

The children didn't like the food

Peter did not have fun

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

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

Did she do her part of the homework?

Yes she did or No she didn't

Did they learn something?

Yes they did or No they didn't

Verbs

add ed

wanted

ending in e add d

liked

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

stopped

ending in y change it to ied

tried

irregular

sang

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

she, he, i, it

was

I was listening to music

we, they

were

We were looking for job

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

she, he, i, it

was not (wasn't)

He wasn¿t screaming in the meeting

we, they

were not (weren't)

They weren't jumping on your bed

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

she, he, i, it

was

Was she waiting in the rain?

we, they

were

Were they calling many times?

Use

actions that happened especially in stories

actions in progress at specific time in the past

Use

past habits

a completed past action or past state

actions in the past

PAST SIMPLE

PAST CONTINUOUS

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