PAST SIMPLE AND PAST PROGRESSIVE
Past simple
A / USE :
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3/
together with the Past Progressive/Continuous .
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2/ series of
completed actions in the past
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action finished in the past 1/
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e.g.They were playing cards when the telephone rang.
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e.g. First I got up, then I had breakfast
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e.g. I visited Jeddah
last week.
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V2
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V1
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flew
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fly
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did
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do
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Stayed
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stay
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bought
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buy
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swam
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swim
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B /
Signal words : ( time expression )
1- yesterday, 2-
last week, 3- ago, 4- in 2002 .
2- As soon As / when .
E/ Form :
- with
regular verbs: infinitive + -ed
- with irregular verbs: 2nd column of the table of the
irregular verbs
F / There are two kinds of
sentences :
1-Affirmative
sentences:
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Regular verbs
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Irregular verbs
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I played football.
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I went to the cinema.
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We visited Alaska
last year.
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We were in Rome yesterday.
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2-Negative
sentences:
You must
not negate a full verb in English. Always use the auxiliary did (Simple
Past of to do) for negations.
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I
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played
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football.
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I
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didn't
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play
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football.
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He
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didn't
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play
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football.
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Questions:
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YES & NO Q :
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WH Q :
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Use the
auxiliary did (Simple Past of to
do).
Did you play football? Did he play football? |
Where did you play
football ?
When did you play
football ?
Why Where did you
play football ?
who & what ……
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Past progressive
Past Progressive- 2
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Form
Subject + verb be ( was / were ) +
verb +ing
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Examples :
?-
What
were you doing at 9 o’clock last night
1/
I was having dinner .
- While John was cooking, Leo was sleeping 2-
My grandfather was writing a book in
those days 3-
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Usage :
1-To describe an action in progress at a certain time in the
past .
2-To describe actions that were happening
at the same time in the past . ( use while or as
)
To describe temporary past state or
action 3-
To describe background scene to a
story 4-
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(
signal words ) :Time Expression
While
, As .
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