Past Simple &Past Continuous TenseDias Agata, S.S., M.Pd.Electronic Engineering Polytechnic Institute of Surabaya

Past Simple

IHeSheIt

WeYouThey

was/wasn’t at school yesterday.

were/weren’t at the beach last week.

WAS / WERE FORMAffirmative & Negative

Was

Were

IHeSheIt

WeYouThey

hungry?

Yes, she was hungry.Yes, she was.No, she wasn’t hungry.No, she wasn’t.

at the theatre last weekend?

Yes, we were.No,we weren’t.

QUESTION FORM

IYouHeSheItWeYouThey

worked in the garden yesterday.danced at the party last night.carried the heavy box.

bought new shoes.

REGULAR / IRREGULAR VERBSAFFIRMATIVE FORM

IYouHeSheItWeYouThey

didn’t play tennis last weekend.didn’t clean the windows.

didn’t go the dentist.

NEGATIVE FORM

Did

IYouHeSheItWeYouThey

find your umbrella?

Yes, I found my umbrella.Yes, I did.No, I didn’t find my umbrella.No, I didn’t.

QUESTION FORM

Transform the Sentences into Past

Simple!1.She is at the park now.2.They go to hospital to see the doctor.

(Mind the adverb of time!)

She is at the park now.

(+) She was at the park yesterday

(-) She was not at the park yesterday

(?) Was she at the park yesterday?

They go to hospital to see the doctor.

(+) They went to hospital to see the doctor last night.

(-) They did not go to hospital to see the doctor last night.

(?) Did they go to hospital to see the doctor last night?

Why do we use Simple Past Tense?

A series of completed actions in the past.

Completed actions in the past.

I finished my work, walked to the beach, and found a nice place to swim.

My mom made some pancake for us yesterday.

REMEMBER

1)Minnie________(bake) a huge cake for Mickey’s birthday party.(+)

2)John________(break) a window while he was playing football.(+)

3)_____ you_____(ask) a question during the lesson(?)4)They __________(have) a picnic at the weekend(-)5)_____ they at the party last night(?)

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of verbs!bake

d

broke

Did ask

didn’t have

Were

6)My mother________(make) a sandwich for me.(+)

7)He _____ ill so he ___________(go) to school yesterday.(+,-)

8)He _______(buy) an expensive car last year.(+)9) ______she _______ (clean) the house at the weekend(?)10)Students __________(listen) to the teacher. (-)

made

was didn’t go

bought

Did clean

didn’t listen

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of verbs!

GOOD ENOUGH?

Let’s Practice!

Write on your book!

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Past Continuous

Past Continuous: Three Uses• Use 1: Past actions that were in progress at a

particular time in the past; actions that were not yet finished at a past time

Pablo’s Schedule8 – 9: had breakfast9 – 10: finished his homework10 – 11: read the newspaper11 – 12: ate lunch12 – 2: watched soccer match on TV2 – 5: took a nap

Past Continuous, continued

• Use 2: Two (or more) actions that were in progress in the past at the same time

• Use while• Examples:

Sorry, I wasn’t listening to you while you were talking.

While I was reading, he was writing.

Past Continuous, continued

• Use 3: Describe and set the scene; tell what was happening or in progress when something else happened or interrupted a past in-progress action

• Examples:Car accidentBroken boneA Crime

Form: Using past and past continuous

together• Use past continuous to say what was in progress

I was crossing the street …

• Use simple past for the interrupting action

when the driver ran the red light.

More Examples:

We were watching the news when the announcer made a special live report.

I was trying to study when you called.

GOOD ENOUGH?

Let’s Practice!

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