Name: Grade: Date: _ PAST CONTINUOUS V/S PAST SIMPLE Simple Past Past Continuous Form: Form: - - with Pastregular form ofverbs: “be” + infinitive ing form +of-ed verb - with irregular verbs: 2nd column of the table of the irregular verbs Used simple past to describe a completed action at a specific time in the past Used to describe an action in progress at a specific time in the past In other words, something was happening, and was We use the expressions: Yesterday interrupted by another event (Ayer), Last year (el año pasado), Last The thing that was happening uses the Past week (la semana pasada), Last Month (el Continuous, and the thing that interrupted mes pasado), Time ago (tiempo atrás), uses the Simple Past etc Forms: Affirmative sentences: Use the same form of the verb every time regardless the subject regular verbs irregular verbs I played football I went to the supermarket Negative sentences: Use the auxiliary did (Simple Past of do) every time regardless the subject regular verbs irregular verbs I did not play football I did not go to the supermarket Contraction of negative sentences: Positive Negative Question I / he / I was she / it speaking I was not speaking you / we / they You were not Were you speaking speaking? You were speaking Was I speaking? NOTE: two actions happening at the same time (in the past) Example: While she was preparing dinner, he regular verbs irregular verbs I didn't play football I didn't go to the supermarket Questions: Use the auxiliary did (Simple Past of do) every time regardless the subject regular verbs irregular verbs Did you play football? Did I go to the supermarket? was washing the dishes 1 Put the words in order and write positive sentences in simple past 1) he / the question / answer He answered the question _ 2) you / a question / ask 3) the dog / bark 4) they / us / call _ 5) we / a mountain / climb Write the negative sentences in simple past 1) They collected postcards they did not (didn’t) collect the postal _ 2) You jumped high _ 3) Albert played squash 4) The teacher tested our English _ 5) Fiona visited her grandmother. _ Put the words in order and write questions in simple past 1) Anna / the window / open Did Anna open the window? _ 2) she / home /walk 3) you / in the garden / work _ 4) you / a song / sing _ 5) she / on a chair / sit _ Put the words in order and write positive sentences in past progressive 1) you / play / cards You were playing cards _ 2) Alice / walk / around the lake 3) Caron / listen / to the radio 4) we / read / a book about Australia 5) Linda / look for / her ring Put the words in order and write negative sentences in past progressive 1) Sarah and Luke / not / work Sara and Luke are not working _ 2) Mister Miller / not / teach / chemistry _ 3) Barry / not / drive a lorry _ 4) Mandy / not / have / lunch 5) Albert / not / play / tennis Put the words in order and write questions in past progressive 1) Rachel / feed / the cat Was Rachel feeding the cat? 2) the children / paint / a picture 3) Clark / repair / his computer _ 4) Hazel / swim / in the pool _ 5) Lucas / have / _ a shower Fill in the blanks with the correct tense ( Simple Past or Past progressive – When or While) 1) I (read) a book when the accident _ (happen) 2) While _ (do) my homework, somebody (call) my name 3) My father and my brother (repair) the car in the garage when the earthquake (happen) 4) I _ (play) when I (hurt) my knee 5) we were getting ready for the picnic, it _ (start) to rain