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Today, we will tell you about 3 problems :
HELLO EVERYONE !!!
->The Simple past.->The Past Continuous.
->The Past Simple and Continuous.
LET’S BEGIN !
PART I : The Simple Past tense.
1) Form : The form of the Past Simple is the same for all persons.
--> We have 3 types of sentences : Affirmative, Negative, and the Interrogative .
•Affirmative and Negative
He
I
She
We
You
It
They+
• V2
• V+ed
Didn’t + Vo
+Adverb of Time in past(yesterday, last night…etc)Examples…
( Except Be ) :
- I watched The Project Runway on TV last night .
- He didn’t wash his car .
-I saw her in the street 2 days ago .
- Samual didn’t go to school yesterday.
- She traveled to Japan last year .
- I loved him but no more .
- The director didn’t finish his work .
Note : Verb BE ( Negative )
For this verb ONLY, never use DIDN’T. Simply ADD the word NOT after the verb .Ex :
I was tired. I was NOT tired.
She was here. She was NOT here.
They were happy. They were NOT happy
• Interrogative :
Did
+I, you, we,they,
he, she, it+V
oExample :
- Did she eat that cupcake ?
- How did you do that ?
- Where did you go last night ?-->Short answer : - Yes, I did
or – No, I didn’t
In addition, English has TWO types of verbs in the past tense :
• Regular verbs
• Irregular verbs
For REGULAR verbs, simply use the –ed form of the verb in a positive
sentence.
When I was a child, I ___________ the piano.
Donna ______________ and _______________ in Paris when she was younger.
**Spelling of REGULAR verbs : The normal rule is to add –ed or –d :
Some short verbs with only one syllable, we double
the consonant :
worked
started
lived loved
stopped
fitted permitted
planned For verbs ending in a consonant –y, we divide into 2
cases :
o If before Y is a consonant, we turn Y I, then add –ed.
carried studied
o If before Y is a vowel, we add –ed as normal .
For IRREGULAR verbs, use the correct past tense form in positive
sentences.
Last week, I ___________ you a letter.
The student _______ a gift for their teacher on her 30th birthday.
Here are some Irregular verbs :Is/are
Go
Eat
Drink
Run
Make
Become
Begin
Build
Come
Find
Get
Give
Keep
Leave
Lose
Meet
Pay
See
Sing
Sleep
Teach
Write
Win
Was / were
Went
Ate
Drank
Ran
Made
Became
Began
Built
Came
Found
Got
Gave
Kept
Left
Lost
Met
Paid
Saw
Sang
Slept
Taught
Wrote
Won
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PART II : The Past Continuous tense.
1)Form :
We have 3 structure :
S + was / were + V-ing (presentParticiple) + O
Affirmative :Affirmative :
Negative :Negative : S + was/were + not + V-ing (presentParticiple) + O
Interrogative :Interrogative : (WH-question) + Was/were + S + V-ing + O ?
**Short answer : Yes, I was / No, I wasn’t.
Examples:- My mom was trying to call me last night, but I wasn’t home.- The kids were studying last night at 9:00.-I was cleaning my house all day yesterday. - They were NOT arguing last night.- Were she going there yesterday ?
Important Note aboutPast Continuous !
Some verbs are NOT typically used in the continuous tense. Instead, we prefer to use these verbs in the simple tenses (simple present or past).
These verbs are called STATIVE (or non-action) verbs. Here are some examples:want like love hateknow need see hearbelieve understand have (possession)forget remember belong
Examples:
I liked Rome.NOT: I was liking Rome.
She had a headache.NOT: She was having a headache.
I knew the answer.NOT: I was knowing the answer.
Using both tenses together:
Sometimes we use both the simple past and the past continuous together to mean . . .
That one action (simple past) interrupted a continuing action (past continuous)
1.Dan burned his hand while he was cooking dinner.=in the middle of cooking dinner, he burned his hand.
2. When Helen called, we were having dinner.=in the middle of eating dinner, Helen called.
And we have some linking-words to make sentences with 2 actions :• WHEN
• WHILE
• SUDDENLY
• ETC…
We can use 2 verbs in past continuous to say that two actions were happening simultaneously in the past:
Ex. Jim was at the park. He was sitting on the grass and reading.