Simple Past-past Progressive (GR)

7/21/2019 Simple Past-past Progressive (GR)

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UNIT

11

Past

simple

(l

did)

a)

Study this

example:

Tom:

l.ookl

It's

raining

again.

Ann:

Oh

no,

not

again.

It

rained all

day yesterday

too.

Rained

is the

past

simple

tense.

W_e

use

the

past simple

to talk

about

actions

or

situations

in

the past.

-

I very

much

enjoved

the

Part1.

-

N{r

Edwards

died

ten

vears ago.

-

When I

lived in

Manchester,

I worked

in

a bank.

b) Very

often

the

past

simple

ends

in

-ed:

' 7e

invited

them

to our

parqv

but they

decided

not

to

come'

-

The

police

stopped

me

on

my way

home

last

night'

-

She

passed

hei examination

because

she

studied

very

hard'

For

spelling

rules

see

Appendix

3

'

But

marry

iLpo.t".,t

rr.ib,

"..

irregular. This

means

that

the past

simple

does

not

end

in

-ed.

For

example:

ieave

->

left We

all

left

the

parr,v

at

11

o'clock.

go

--+

went

Yesterday

I went to

London to

see

a

friend

of mine'

cost

--+

cost

This

house

cost

{35,000

in

1980.

The

past

of

the

verb

be

(amlis/are) is was/were:

I/he/she/it

was

we/You/theY

were

I was

angry

because

Tom

and

Ann

were

late.

For a

list of

irregular

verbs

see

Appendix

2.

c)

In

past simple quesrions and

negatives

,t\re

use

did/didn't

*

the

infinitive (do/open/rain

etc.):

it

rained

did

it

rain?

it

didn't

rain

-

Ann:

Did

You

go

out

last night,

Tom?

Torn:

Yes,

I went

to

the

cinema.

But I didn't

enioy

the

film'

-

\il/hen

did

Mr

Edwards

die?

-

'What

did

you do

at the

week-end?

-

W-e

didn't

invite

her

to

the

part/r

so

she

didn't

come'

-

\7hy

didn't

You

Phone

me

on

TuesdaY?

Note

that we

norrnally

use

did/didn't

with-

have-:

--

Did

you

have

time

to

write

the

letter?

-

I didn't

have

enough

money

to

buy

anything

to

eat'

But we

dc not

use

did

with

the

verb be

(was/were):

-

Why

were-you

so

angrY?

-

Th.y

weren't

able

to come

because

they were

very

busy'

-

Was

Tom

at lvork

yesterday?

Fo;

the

past simple

see

also

Units

12,20,21.

22


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11 Exercises

In this exercise

you

baue to read

a

sentence about

the

present

and

then write

a

sentence

abowt

the

past.

Example:

Tom usually

gets up at7.3O. Yesterday h.g.W.L-W.0&7'.?.Q,.

1 Tom

usually

wakes

up early.

Yesterday

mornrng

2

Tom usually

walks to

work.

Yesterday

3

Tom

is

usually

late for work.

Yesterday

4 Tom

usually has a sandwich

for lunch. Yesterday ........................

5

Tom usually

goes

out

in

the evening.

Yesterday evening

6

Tom usually

sleeps very

well.

Last night

...........

This

time

you haue

to

put

one

of these

uerbs

in

each sentence:

batt

ga&

spend

sell,

throw

fall catch

buy

cost

Example:

I was

hungry, so

I .........b..0.w9h.L.........

something

to

eat

in

the shop.

1 Tom's

father

.......

him how

to drive when

he

was

17.

2

Don

........ down

the stairs

this

morning

and ............

his leg.

3

We

needed some

money so

we ...........

our

car.

........

{50.

5

Jim

......... the

ball to Sue

who

........

it.

ln

this

exercise

you

baue

to write

questions.

A

friend

bas

just

come back

from

boliday and

you

are

asking

him

about it.

'Examples:

where

,'

go?

W,he.nd-.'L.uJ?.|/1.99.?.....

.

food /

good?

Y:: a5.*-e..foo*-@2

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

how long /

stay

there?

stay

in a

hotel?

go

alone?

how

/

travel?

the weather /

fine?

what

i do

in

the evenings?

meet any

interesting

people?

This time

you

ha.ue to

put

the

uerb

into

the

correct

form.

All

tlte

sentences

are

past.

Example:i

.......di.fu:t.g.o-.....

(notigo)

to

work

yesterday

because

I

...........ly*gnlD-......

(not/be)

2

3

4

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UNIT L2

Past

continuous

(l

was

doing)

a)

Study

this

example

situation:

Yesterday

Tom and

Jim

played

tennis.

They

began

at

10

o'clock and finished

at

11

o'clock.

What

were

they doing at

10.30?

They

were

playing

tennis

(at

10.30).

'They

were

playing'

means

that

they

were in

the

middle

of

playing

tennis.

They

had

starred

playing

but

they

hadn't finished.

This is

the

past

continuous

tense:

I/he/she was I

*.,,n.ffi,

;;;.

i

plaving

We

use

the past

continuous

to

say

that

someone

was

in

the

middle of doing something

ar

a

certain time.

The

action

or situation

had already

started before

this

time but hadn't

finished:

-

This time

last

year I

was

living

in

Braz1|.

-

What

were

you

doing

at 10

o'clock last

nighr?

b)

The past

continuous

does

not

tell us

whether an

action

was

finished

or not.

Perhaps

it

was

finished,

perhaps

not.

Compare:

-

Tom

was

cooking

the

dinner.

(past

continuous)

:

He

was

in

the

middle

of

cooking

the

dinner

and

we

don't know

whether

he

finished

cooking

ir.

-

Tom

cooked

the

dinner.

(past

simple)

:

He

began

and

finished

it.

c) We

often use

the past

continuous

(I

was doing)

and the past

simple

(I

did)

together

to say

rhar

something

happened

in

the

middle

of

somerhing

else:

-

Tom

burnt his hand

when

he was

cooking

the

dinner.

-

I

saw

Jim

in

the

park.

He

was sitting

on the

grass

and

reading

a

book.

-

It

was raining

when

I

got

up.

-

While I

was working

in

the

garden,

I

hurt

my back.

But

to say that

one rhing

happened

after

another,

use rhe

past

simple:

-

Yesterday

evening

Tom

was

having

a

bath

when

the phone

rang.

He got

our

of the

bath

and

answered

the phone.

Compare:

-

When

Tom arrived,

we

were

having

dinner.

(past

continuous)

:

We had

already

started

dinner

before

Tom

arrived.

-

'When

Tom

arrived,

we had

dinner.

(past

simple)

:

Tom

arrived

and

then

we

had

dinner.

No/er

There

are

some verbs

(for

example

know)

which

are

not

normally

used

in

conrinuous

tenses.

For

a list

of these verbs

see Unit

3b.


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UNIT

12

Exercises

1

2

J

At 1

o'clock

At

3 o'clock

At

5 o'clock

12.2

A

group

of

people

were

staying

in a botel.

One euening

the

fire

alarm

rang.'tJse

the

words

in

brackets

to

make sentences

saying

wbat each

person

was doing

at tbe time.

Example:

(Don

/

have

/

a

bath)

P.qn..W.W..hAuLng.*Wh.....

1

2

-)

4

(Ann

/

write / a letter in

her room)

Ann

(George

I

get

I

ready

to

go

out)

George

..

(Carol

and

Dennis / have

/ dinner)

Carol

12.3

Make

sentences

from

the

words in

brackets.

Put

tbe uerbs

into

the

correct

form,

past

simple

fI

did)

or

past

continuous

I

was

doing).

Example,

(l

I

faltl

asleep

when

I

I *nt".h

/

relevision)

lf%.W.tql.Wilg. .W.gs..WwWt&+B.lt't..6;e,l

(Tom/make/aphonecall)

Tom

(the

phone

I ring I

when

I / have

/ a

shower)

(it

/

begin

/

to rain

when I

/

walk

/ home)

The phone

(we

/

see / an accident

when

we

/

wait / for the

bus)

12.4 Put

the uerb

inlo

lhe correct

form.

past

continuous

or

pdst

simple.

Example:

While Tom

.... Y09.9Q9.k1n9....

(cook)

the

dinner, the

phone

............1W9........

.

(ring).

1 George

(fall)

off

the ladder

while he

....

(paint)

the

ceiling.

2 Last

night

I

(read)

in bed

when suddenly

I

.....,....................... ..

(hear)

a

scream.

3 ...........

.....

(you/watch)

television

when

I phoned

you?

4 Ann

...

.

(wait)

for me when

I

..............................

(arrive).

5 I .. .

..

(not/drive)

very

fast

when

the

accident

..........

(happen).

6

I

...............

(break)

a plate

last

night.

I .. ... .....

(do)

the

washing-up

when it (slip)

out

of

my

hand.

Tom

..

............

(take)

a

photograph

of

me

while

I

(not/look).

We

................

(not/go)

out because it

...... .............

(rain).

'What

....

...

(you/do)

at

this

time

yesterday?

I ..........................

.....

(see)

Carol

at

the

party.

She

...............

(wear)

a

really

beautiful

dress.

1

2

.)

7

8

9

10

l2.L Here is

a

list

of

some

tbings that

Ann did

yesterday (and

the times at whicb

she

did

tbem):

4

5

6

1

2

1

-)

8.45-9.15

hadbreakfast

9. 15-10.00 read

the newspaper

10.00-12.00

cleaned her

flat

12.45-1.30

hadlunch

2.30-3.30

washed

some clothes

4.00-6.00

watched

television

Now

write

sentences

saying

wbat

she

was

doing

at

these

times:

At

9 o'clock

At

9.30

she

At 11

o'clock

ahe.rtw.hg'tws.>teqffi

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5

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