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