Tuesday, 6 December 2011

SPLIT V (Past simple vs past continuous)

  Hi everybody.
Today we are going to do some revision activities:

PAST SIMPLE
1   2    

Irregular verbs: 1  2 

PAST SIMPLE VS PAST CONTINUOUS:


PAST SIMPLE
PAST CONTINUOUS
FORM
- played               went
(was/ were)

- didn't play       didn't go
(wasn't weren't)

- Did she go...?
(was he...? were they?)
- Was / were playing

- Wasn't / weren't playing

- Was she playing?
Were they playing?
USE
- Past events:
  • finished
  • we know when they happened
- The actions which interrupts another happening in the past:
I was having a shower when the phone rang
- Actions in progress in the past.
ADVERBS
- in 2012 / July
- last
- ago
- yesterday
- when I was ….
- while, when

Past continuous: 1  
Contrast:
1  2  3  
Translation:  5  

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