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Past Simple
FORM
/ He / She / We returned / lett
Did he return / leave?/Yes, he did./No, he didn't.
He did not (didn't) return / leave.
The past simple is used:
tor an action which happened ata dette time in
the past. tne time is sated, areay Known OF
implled. aie
‘They spent their {
holtayein Swtzorand |
fest weer
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They had a grat ie,
(The time is already known.)
@ for actions which happened immediately one after
the other in the past.
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First, he read the message. Then, he called his boss.
@ for past habits or states which are now finished.
In such cases we can also use the expression
used to. =
days.
Past Continuous
FORM
1 He / She was / We / They were watching.
Was he / Were they watching? Yes, he was No, they
woren't
He was not (wasn't) / They were not (weren') watching
The past continuous is used:
‘© for an action which was in progress at a stated
lume in tne past. We go not mention wnen tne
action started or
finishes
At three o'clock
yesterday afternoon, \
they were sitting at
‘an outdoor café. (We jf
do not know when |
they got to or when
they left the café)
# for an action which was in progress when
encther 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).
He was walking when he slipped on a banana skin.
© for two or more
‘simultaneous
past actions.
‘She was steering
the boat while he
was playing the
guitar. © to talk about the lives of people who are no longer
alive.
Amey
‘The past simple Is used with the following time
expressions: yesterday, last night/week/month/
year/Monday, etc., two days weeks /months, etc.
‘ago, then, when, How long ago...2, in 1992/1845, etc.
Louk at Appornia 1. wel yest
‘simple of the verbs In the list in the
correct box.
bake, fry, stay, stop, complete, try, hire, rub,
travel, cry, pray, play, promise, reter, ty, destroy
-e+d baked
‘double consonant stopped
+ed
consonant ++ led fried
vowel +y + ed
atayed
Look at Appendix 1. Write the past
simple of the verbs in the box, then read
them out.
land, book, dive, attach, present, start, jump,
crash, need, look, prefer, attract, kiss, arrange,
water, clean, protest, pretend
ja) landed
(after /t 4.)
booked
dived
to describe the atmosphere, the setting, ete. in
the introduction to a story before we describe the
main events. a
Toad and Emily )
were riding through
the forest. The sun
was shining an th | )
birds were singing.
‘The past continuous Is used with the following
time expressions: when, while, as, ail day/night!
morning, etc.
Pleat, {1H In the table. Then choose five
verbs and make sentences using the
past simple.
fone) err
Put the verbs In brackets Into the past
imple or the past continuous.
‘She 1) ..wao lying... lie) in bed when she 2)
(hear) @ sudden noise. She 3) (open)
her eyes in horror. Someone 4) .. vw (Open) @
downstairs window; they 5) (try) to get
into her house. She 6) (ciim) stowiy out
of bed and 7) (creep) to the door. She
8) a (stand) very stil and listening carefully
when she 9) (see) a light downstairs.
It 10) : (move) about as it someone
1) (hold) a torch and searching for
something, She 12) .s.cssnnneene (KAOW) that they
13) (look) for her. TTS,
The following people were in the living room at
hhine o'clock last night. What were they doing?
In pairs, ask and answer questions using
the prompts below, as in the example.
SA: What were Mr Scott and Grandpa doing?
SB: They were playing chess.