PAST SIMPLE : PSwhen
PAST CONTINUOUS : PACOwhile
REGULAR VERBS IRREGULAR VERBS
+ I played. + I ate (2nd col.)
- I didn’t play. - I didn’t eat
? Did I play? ? Did you eat?
(jugué)
+ I was playing.
- I wasn’t playing. +
¿ Was I playing?
Was: I, he, she, it were: you, we, they
(estaba jugando)
TIME EXPRES
S
IONS
:
TIME EXPRES
S
IONS
:
Finished actions or situations in the past:
‘We ate a big paella two days ago.’
Past habits or states:
‘She liked tennis and trained twice a week until she was 10.’
A sequence of events in chronological order:
‘I got up, I had a shower and I got dressed.’
A shorter action which interrupted an activity in progress:
‘I was having a shower when Tom phoned.’
Activities in progress around a particular past time.
‘What were you doing yesterday morning?’
Longer ‘background’ action or situation:
‘We were having a picnic and the kids were playing football.’
Two or more simultaneous actions in progress with WHILE, AS, AND
‘I was watching a film while she was reading a book.
Longer action which is interrupted by a shorter one in Past Simple:
‘They arrived while we were having a picnic by the river.
LR
WHILE
/ AS
+ Past C
ontinuous
(not always!)
AT + hour; part of the day
ON + day of the week; date
IN + months; seasons; years
Yesterday / Last night/month…
THIS morning/afternoon… / THAT day
WHEN + Past Simple (not always!)
AT + hour; part of the day
ON + day of the week; date
IN + months; seasons; years
Yesterday / Last night/month…
AGO
-
ed
2nd column
Did...?
didn’t
was
were
ING
silent
-
e
=
danc
e
>
danc
ing
1 syllable c+v+c = 2c: sit >
sitting
travel > travelling (BrE)
lie > lying
1 syllable
c+
v
+
c
=
2
c
:
stop
>
stopped
travel > travelled (BrE)
c + y = study > studied