Present Progressive (review) vs Simple Past

Form

Present Progressive• Affirmative statements

• We are traveling.

Simple Past• Affirmative statements

• We traveled to Japan..

• We were famous

Subject BeBase Form

of Verb +-ing

Subject Be

Subject Verb

Negative Statements

Present Progressive

Negative Statements

a. We are not traveling.

b. He is not playing.

c. I am not studying.

d. They are not cooking.

Simple Past

Negative Statements

a. We didn’t travel to Japan.

b. He didn’t play.

c. I didn’t study.

d. They didn’t cook.

Subject Be NotBase Form

of Verb + -ing SubjectDidnot

Base Formof Verb

Yes / No Questions

Present ProgressiveYes / No Questions

• Is he traveling now?

Simple PastYes / No Questions

• Did he travel to Japan?

Be SubjectBase Form

of Verb + -ingDid Subject

Base Formof Verb

Wh-Questions

Present Progressive

Wh-Questions

Where are you traveling now?

Simple Past

Wh-Questions

A. When did you travel to

Japan?

B. Why did you travel to

Japan?

Wh-Word Be SubjectBase Form

of Verb + -ing Wh-Word Did SubjectBase Form

of Verb

Simple Past – regular verbs

• The simple past of regular verbs is formed by adding –d or –ed to the base form of the verb.

>BE CAREFUL!• There are often spelling

changes when you add –ed to the verb.

• Base Form Simple Past

live lived

join joined

study studied

hop hopped

prefer preferred

Simple Past – irregular verbs

• Many common verbs are irregular.

• Their simple past is not formed by adding –d or

–ed.

Base Form Simple Past• be was / were• get got• go went• have had

• Can you mention more irregular verbs?

Differences

Present Progressive• Something that is happening

right now.

• The time expressions used: now, at the moment.

Simple Past• Actions, states, or situations

that are finished.

• The time expressions used: refer to the past: last week, 20 years ago, in the 17th century, by 1981

Past FutureX

Now

He’s speaking English right now.

X

Now

FuturePast

He was a poet.