Thursday, 22 October 2015

Past Simple and Continuous

Past Simple:
We use the past simple to describe a thing that we finished in the past.

Structure:

+                                                            -                                        ?
I played                                 I didn’t play                          Did I play...?
You played                           You didn’t play                     Did You play...?
He played                             He didn’t play                        Did He play...?
She played                           She didn’t play                       Did She play...?
It played                                It didn’t play                         Did It play...?
We played                            We didn’t play                       Did We play...?
You played                           You didn’t play                     Did You play...?
They played                         They didn’t play                     Did They play...?

Time expressions:
Yesterday, last day, last year…

Past Continuous:
We use the past continuous to say a thing that we were doing in a specific moment in the past

Structure:

+                                                                                            -
I was playing                                                        I wasn’t playing
You were playing                                                 You weren’t playing                          
He/she/it was playing                                           He/she/it wasn’t playing
We/you/they were playing                                   We/you/they weren’t playing

?
Was I playing…?
Were you playing…?
Was he/she/it playing…?
Were we/you/they playing…?

Time expressions:
At 9:00 o’clock, that day, at that moment…

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