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    The document discusses the past simple and past continuous tenses in English grammar. It provides: 1) Examples and structures for forming sentences in the past simple and past continuous tenses, including regular verb conjugations and exceptions. 2) Rules for using the past simple to describe finished past actions and the past continuous to describe ongoing past actions. 3) Guidance on using the past simple and past continuous together in sentences, with the past simple interrupting the past continuous action. 4) Connectives like "when" and "while" to link clauses in the different past tenses according to the rules.

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    The document discusses the past simple and past continuous tenses in English grammar. It provides: 1) Examples and structures for forming sentences in the past simple and past continuous tenses, including regular verb conjugations and exceptions. 2) Rules for using the past simple to describe finished past actions and the past continuous to describe ongoing past actions. 3) Guidance on using the past simple and past continuous together in sentences, with the past simple interrupting the past continuous action. 4) Connectives like "when" and "while" to link clauses in the different past tenses according to the rules.

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    Grammar

    Past simple

    Teacher: David Carvajal


    Past simple VS Past continuous

    The past simple describes


    actions that happened in a
    specific moment in the past.
    On the other hand, the past
    continuous describes actions
    that were in progress in the
    past.

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    Past simple

    The past tenses are important because they describe actions that took place in our lives.

    The past simple is used to talk about finished actions in the past.

    STRUCTURE

    (+) Subject + Verb Past Simple + Complement

    (-) Subject + Did Not (Didn’t) + Verb (Base form) + Complement

    (?) Did + Subject + Verb (Base Form) + Complement?

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    Examples

    1. I saw a great film on TV last night.

    2. I last saw him two days ago.

    3. He wasn’t at the meeting on Monday because he was away on business.

    4. I didn’t eat / did not eat the food because I wasn't hungry.

    5. Did you enjoy your holiday in Italy?

    6. I didn’t eat / did not eat the food because I wasn't hungry.

    7. Why didn’t you get up earlier? You're going to be late.

    8. Why weren’t you at work yesterday? Were you ill?

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    For the regular verbs, there are some Spelling rules that we have to take into
    consideration.

    Add ed Work Worked


    Stay Played
    Just add d if the verb Like Liked
    finishes in e
    Change y to i after a Study Studied
    consonant, add ed
    If a one- syllable verb ends Stop Stopped
    in consonant- vowel-
    consonant. Double the final
    consonant , add ed

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    Past continuous

    The past continuous is used to describe an action in progress at a specific moment in the past,
    or to describe those actions that were interrupted by a short action in the past.

    STRUCTURE

    (+) Subject + Was / Were + Gerund + Complement

    (-) Subject + Was not / Were not + Gerund + Complement

    (?) Was / Were + Subject + Gerund + Complement?

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    Rules

    The -ing spelling rules are --

    add "-ing" to the verb.

    when a verb ends in "e", drop the "e" and add "-ing". For example: "take + ing = taking".

    when a verb ends in vowel + consonant, double the final consonant and add "-ing". For
    example: "hit + ing = hitting" "begin + ing = beginning".

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    Examples

    1. The sun was shining every day that summer.

    2. As I spoke, the children were laughing at my cleverness.

    3. The audience was applauding until he fell off the stage.

    4. I was making dinner when she arrived.

    5. At 6 o'clock, I was eating dinner.

    6.She was talking constantly in class in those days.

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    Past simple or Past continuous
    We often use the past continuous and the past simple in the same sentence. The action in
    the past simple is short and usually unexpected. It interrupts the “longer” action which is
    usually in a past continuous form.

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    “
    For example:

    ◍ What were you doing when the plane landed?


    ◍ I was looking in my bag for my passport when I heard a shout.
    ◍ We jumped into a car that was waiting for the bus stop
    ◍ I was watching TV while my wife was sleeping.

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    When we have a sentence in past simple and another in past continuous we often
    use when and while,
    but we have to take into consideration the following rules.

    Rule Examples

    When I took the photo, the kids were playing.


    When is followed by a sentence in past
    When
    simple.
    The kids were playing when I took the photo.

    While I was having dinner, my father arrived.


    While is followed by a sentence in past
    continuous.
    My father arrived while I was having dinner.
    While
    While I was watching TV my mother was cooking.
    While is also used when two actions are
    happening simultaneously.
    I was watching TV while my mother was cooking.

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    Thanks
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