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    This document provides information about using the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. It gives the affirmative, interrogative, and negative forms for regular verbs in the past simple as well as irregular verbs. It also provides examples of time expressions used with each tense and explains how to use the past simple for completed actions and the past continuous for ongoing actions or actions happening simultaneously in the past.

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    This document provides information about using the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. It gives the affirmative, interrogative, and negative forms for regular verbs in the past simple as well as irregular verbs. It also provides examples of time expressions used with each tense and explains how to use the past simple for completed actions and the past continuous for ongoing actions or actions happening simultaneously in the past.

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    PAST SIMPLE: regular verbs

    Affirmative Interrogative Negative


    I worked Did I work? I didn’t work
    you worked Did you work? you didn’t work
    he worked Did he work? he didn’t work
    she worked Did she work? she didn’t work
    it worked Did it work? it didn’t work
    we worked Did we work? we didn’t work
    you worked Did you work? you didn’t work
    they worked Did they work? they didn’t work

    Short answers
    Did I/you/he, etc work …?
    Yes, I/you/he, etc did.
    No, I/you/he, etc didn’t.

    Form

     We form the affirmative of most regular verbs by adding –ed to the verb.
    I work – I worked
     Other verbs have irregular affirmative forms.
     I sing – I sang
     We form the interrogative of the past simple with did + subject pronoun + base form of
    the verb.
    Did he play football yesterday?
    Did he go swimming last week?
     We form the negative of the past simple with didn’t + base form of the verb.
    I didn’t play football yesterday.
    I didn’t go swimming last week.
     We form positive short answers with did and negative short answers with didn’t.
    “Did you get up early?” “Yes, I did.”
    “Did he watch TV?” “No, he didn’t.”

    Spelling
     We add –d to verbs ending in –e.
    I live – I lived
     Verbs ending in a consonant + y drop the –y and add –ied.
    I try – I tried
     Verbs ending in one stressed vowel between two consonants double the last consonant
    and add –ed.
    I stop – I stopped
    Use
    We use the past simple for:
     actions which happened or finished at a definite time in the past.
    Lisa bought a house last year. (When? Last year.)
     actions which happened repeatedly in the past but don’t happen anymore. In this case we
    can use adverbs of frequency (always, often, usually etc).
    He usually played football in his free time. (but he doesn’t play football anymore.)

    Time expressions we use with the past simple:


    Yesterday, last night/week/year/month, etc, a month/two years/three years, etc ago, in 1964, etc.
    Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928.

    PAST CONTINUOUS
    Affirmative Interrogative Negative
    Long form Short form
    I was eating Was I eating? I was not eating I wasn’t eating
    He/she/it was eating Was he/she/it eating? He/she/it was not eating He/she/it wasn’t eating
    We/you/they were eating Were we/you/they eating? We/you/they were not eating We/you/they weren’t eating

    Short answers
    Was he/she/it …?
    Yes, he/she/it, etc was.
    No, he/she/it, etc wasn’t.
    Were we/you/they …?
    Yes, we/I, etc were.
    No, we/I, etc weren’t.

    Form
     We form the past continuous with was/were (past simple or the verb to be) and the main
    verb with the –ing.
    I was working. They were working.
    We form questions by putting was/were before the subject.
    We form negations by putting the word not after was/were.
    Was he working? They were not/weren’t working.
    Use
    We use past continuous:
     For an action which was in progress at a stated time in the past. We do not know when the
    action started or finished.
    At five o’clock yesterday I was cooking dinner.
     For a past action which was in progress when another action interrupted it. We use the
    past continuous for the action in progress (longer action) and the past simple for the
    action which interrupted it (shorter action).
    She was having breakfast when the phone rang.
     For two or more actions which were happening at the same time in the past (simultaneous
    actions).
    Tina was doing the washing-up while the children were playing in the garden.
     To give background information in a story.
    The sun was shining brightly as Tom was driving his brand new car through the city centre.

    Time expressions we use with the past continuous:


    While, when, as, etc.
    Note: when/while/as + past continuous (longer action)
    When + past simple (shorter action)

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