Past Simple and past continuous

PAST SIMPLE AND PAST

CONTINUOUS

By Kasia & Klaudia

PAST SIMPLE FORM: Czasowniki regularne: +)He played football. -) He didn’t play football. ?) Did he play football?

Czasowniki nieregularne: +)They wrote a book. -)They didn’t write a book. ?)Did they write a book?

PAST CONTINUOUS FORM:

+) I/He/She/It was playing cards all day.-) I/He/She/It wasn’t playing cards all day.?) Was I/he/she/it playing cards all day?

+) We/You/They were dancing all night.-) We/You/They weren’t dancing all night.?) Were we/you/they dancing all night?

When ”WHEN” ?When ”WHILE”?

LET’S PRACTISE… Carol __________(break) her arm while

she__________ (paint) the ceiling. I finally _________(read) that book yesterday.

The ending was amazing. _________________(you/watch) TV when I

__________ (call) you to ask about your health? What time______________( you/come) back from

Jim's birthday yesterday? It _______________(not/snow) when I

___________(wake up) this morning.

Were you watching

read

was painting

broke

did you come

called

woke up wasn’t snowing

What ___________(she/do) all day while you _____________ (work) on your project?

I ________(not/go) to school today because I was a bit ill and Mum ________(let) me stay at home.

When you ____________(telephone) me, I _________(study) for an exam.

They ___________(have) classes almost all day yesterday so they couldn't go to the city centre with us.

I __________(leave) home at 5 yesterday and I ________(go) straight to work.

More exercises with answers you can find here: http://www.ang.pl/cwiczenia/gramatyka/847

was she doingwere

working didn’t go

telephoned

was studying

were having

left

let

went

PAST TENSES IN JOKES…

POLICE REALITY

DRIVING WOMAN

PAST TENSES IN JOKES

PAST TENSES IN JOKES

Somewhat Topical Ecards

PAST TENSES IN SONGS …

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYoWG6eu7bw

SOURCES:

THE KEEP CALM-O-MATIC, http://www.keepcalm-o-matic.co.uk/p/keep-calm-and-learn-grammar-6/, access: 11 January 2014,

Ms. Ramos' English Class: A special place to learn, practice and have fun with English, http://msramosenglishclass.blogspot.com/2013/07/past-continuous-vs-simple-past.html, access: 9 January 2014,

Discover English Grammar, http://deg.zahodi-ka.ru/11_past_continuous.html, http://deg.zahodi-ka.ru/10_past_simple.html, access: 9 January 2014,

CyberIES, http://cyberies.blogspot.com/2013/11/3r-eso-past-simple-vs-past-continuous.html, access: 9 January 2014,

Somewhat Topical Ecards, http://www.someecards.com/usercards/viewcard/MjAxMi01MjIwYWFkMThhMmU3ZjYy, access: 11 January 2014,

Angielski, http://www.ang.pl/cwiczenia/gramatyka/847, access: 10 January 2014,

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