Simple Past and Past ProgressiveGE Units 6-10

Simple Past Tense• Who is this?

▫George Washington

▫He was an American president.

▫He died in 1799.

Simple Past TenseAffirmative•Be

▫He was young in 1980.

•Regular Verbs▫They worked

yesterday.

•Irregular Verbs▫They became

famous.

Negative•Be

▫He was not young in 1980.

•Regular Verbs▫They did not work

yesterday.

•Irregular Verbs▫They did not

become famous.

Simple Past

Complete the sentences with the simple past of the verbs in parenthesis

1. The students _____ all the answers. (know)

2. James ______ a car on eBay! (buy)

3. My friend ______ the book! (not steal)

4. Wei finally ____ his USB. (find)

Irregular Verbs (p.336-7 Appendix 1)

1. The students knew all the answers. (know)

2. James bought a car on eBay! (buy)

3. My friend didn’t steal the book! (not steal)

4. Wei finally found his USB. (find)

Past Progressive•I was sleeping yesterday at 4 a.m.

Past Progressive

Past progressive - Meaning•#1: The past progressive is used to

describe an action that was in progress at a specific time.

•Examples:▫I was living in London in 1996.

▫She was sleeping at 3:00am.

Past progressive - Meaning#2: The past progressive is used with two

actions that happened at the same time usually used with while.

For example:•While I was walking to school, I was

talking on the phone.

Past Progressive Meaning•#3: Past progressive to explain the first

action and simple past to describe the second.

•For example:▫He was eating dinner when the phone rang.

▫She was walking to school when she saw a deer.

Past Progressive + Simple past

•Lady Gaga was walking when she fell.

Or

•Lady Gaga fell while she was walking.

Practice•Which event happened first?

1. I was riding my bike when I saw a deer.

A. riding bikeB. saw a deer

Which happened first?•I was studying in the ELP when I met my

friend Hassan.

A. studying in the ELPB. met my friend

Which happened first?I met Deana while I was working in a restaurant.

A. met DeanaB. was working in a restaurant

Which happened first?•She was watching TV at 4:00pm.

A. was watching TVB. 4:oo pm

Which happened first?•While I was walking to school, I lost my

cell phone.

A. Walking to schoolB. Lost my cell phone

Which happened first?•When he came home, she was talking to

her mother on the phone.

A. came homeB. was talking

Which happened first?•While she was eating a chocolate cake, he asked her to marry him.

A. was eating B. asked

Which happened first?•I was sleeping while the children were watching TV.

A. was sleepingB. were watching

Amani was sleeping while Hassan was cleaning the house.

True or False?

1. Amani helped Hassan clean the house. 2. While Amani was sleeping, Hassan was

cleaning the house.

FT

It was snowing when he went to school. •True or false?

1. It started snowing after he left for school.

2. He was late for school.

FF

Sarah was watching a movie when he arrived. •True or false?1. He arrived, and then she started

watching the movie.

2. After he arrived, she stopped watching the movie.

F

T