sábado, 16 de junio de 2012

2ºBACHILLERATO - REPASO - PAST SIMPLE vs PAST CONTINUOUS


2ºBACHILLERATO: UNIT 1 REVIEW

PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS

PAST SIMPLE

Affirmative
I/you /we / they/ he/ she/ it
learned


Negative
I/you /we / they
He/ she/ it
did not/ didn’t

learn

Interrogative

                
(Wh-) Did       
I/you /we / they
He/ she/ it
learn?

Time expressions: ago, yesterday, the day before yesterday, last week/ night / month/ year …


SPELLING RULES FOR THE THIRD PERSON SINGULAR
With verbs ending in –e, add -d
Like
Hate
Liked
Hated
With verbs ending in –y preceded by a vowel, add -ed
Stay
Play
Stayed
Played
With verbs ending in –y preceded by a consonant, change the Y to I and add -Ee
Study
Try
cry
Studied
Tried
Cried
With verbs where the last syllable is stressed, double the final consonant and add -ed
Stop

Stopped

With verbs ending in one vowel and l, double the l and add -ed
quarrel
quarrelled


USES

v  To describe a completed action in the past: I had an important meeting

v  To describe a completed action that happened at a specific time in the past: He started university in 1996

v  To describe consecutive actions in the past: She closed the door and switched on the TV

v  To describe a specific action that took place while another was in progress:  Her mobile phone rang while she was driving home.

PAST CONTINUOUS

Affirmative
I
He/ she / it
We/ you / they
was
was
were
learning
learning
learning
Negative
I
He/ she / it
We/ you / they
was not/ wasn’t
was not/ wasn’t
were not / weren’t
learning
learning
learning
Interrogative
                was
(Wh-)      was 
                were
I
He/ she / it
We/ you / they
learning?
learning?
learning?

Time Expressions: at 10 am yesterday, at 7 pm last night, as, while, when 


USES

v  To describe an incomplete action which was taking place at a specific time in the past : They were studying at four o’clock
v  To describe an incomplete action which was happening when a different action took place: He was driving home when he saw the accident
v  To give description in the past: It was snowing heavily in the mountain

NOW YOU CAN START PRACTISING
PAST SIMPLE vs PAST CONTINUOUS: EX1, EX2, EX3, EX4, EX5, EX6, EX7

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