Simple Past and Past ContinuousUNIT 9 Simple Past TenseActions,
events, states that started and fnished in the past (ago, last ,
yesterday )eg!lar ver"s#$edIrreg!lar
ver"sbuyeatbringcomechoosedodrinkdrivefeelforgetfindgivegethaveknowmeetmakeleavepay
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upwinwearwriteunderstandTell yo!r classmate * use simple past%hat
did yo! do yesterday&%hat did yo! do 'riday night&%here
(ere yo! last Sat!rday morning&)o( did yo! cele"rate yo!r last
"irthday&Practice#*o yo! have a good memory&Are yo! a good
(itness&*irections#+oo, at the -ollo(ing pict!re -or one
min!te.Try to remem"er as many details as yo! can, "!t don/t (rite
anything.0nly one min!te eady, go .0ne min!te%hat do yo!
remem"er&1. How many people were there?2. Where were the
people?3. What was hanging from the ceiling?4. What was the bank
robber holding?5. What was the bank robber wearing?6. What color
was his hair?. What was co!ering the bank robber"s face?#. What was
the bank manager doing?$. What was the bank teller doing?1%. Who
was walking into the bank?11. What time was it?0ne min!tePast
contin!o!s %hat were you doing at 9 in the evening&He was
watching TV.She was taking a shower.%e !se Past 1ontin!o!s Tense to
say that some"ody (as in the middle o- doing something at a certain
moment in the past.&'W()*+I started doingI fnished doing I (as
doing()*+(ast contin,o,s- was.o, wereHe was*hewas!erb to be /
ing-twas (past tense)We were.o, were+heywereTell a classmate 2 !se
past contin!o!s ver"s#I (as 3333333ing%here (ere yo! last Th!rsday
at 4 p.m.&%hat (ere yo! doing&%hat (ere yo! doing 'riday at
5 p.m.&%here (ere yo!&%ho (ere yo! (ith&%hat (ere yo!
doing S!nday morning at 6 a.m.&%hat (ere yo! doing last night
at nine o/cloc,&%hat (ere yo! doing last Sat!rday
a-ternoon&The past progressive p!ts emphasis on the co!rse o-
an action in the past.7o! were studying (hen she called.Were you
studying (hen she called&You were not studying (hen she called.
Tips Use (hile -or t(o actions in progress at the same time in the
past#She (as tal,ing (hile he (as driving.Use (hen -or an action
that (as in progress that (as interr!pted "y another event in the
past)#I (as 8!st leaving (hen yo! called.7o! were studying (hen she
called.Were you studying (hen she called&You were not studying
(hen she called. The children (ere sleeping (hile it rained. (9)
The children (eren/t sleeping (hile it rained. ($) %ere the
children sleeping (hile it rained. (&) Verb to be +subject +
ING+information ?Other examples:I (as sleeping (hen the telephone
rang and (o,e me !p.)e (as driving too -ast (hen he crashed the
car.%e (ere (atching the ne(s (hen the anno!ncer made a special
live report.I (as trying to st!dy (hen yo! called.In-ormation
:!estions#(%))9%as ; %ere9s!"8ect9 ver"9ing &
