PAST SIMPLE
Form
• We form the past simple of regular verbs by adding -ed to the infinitive. (V+ED)The camp finished at the end of August.
Your friends called about the party.
• Many common verbs are irregular in the positive. (2 COLUMN)
I went to the Canary Islands in the summer.
We had a long chat on the phone.
• We use the auxiliaries didn’t and did with the infinitive without to to form negatives and questions with regular and irregular verbs. (DID/DIDN´T)
He didn’t like the concert much.
Did you see what they were doing?
Use
• We use the past simple to talk about finished actions or states in the past.I saw you with him on Saturday.
We went to Jack’s house last night.
That was a fantastic film!
PAST CONTINUOUS
Form.
- We form the past continuous by using was/were + Ving
I was playing music last monday at 5 o´clock.
She was eating spaguetti when he arrived.
They were speaking French when she arrived.
- We make the negative form with wasn´t or weren't.
They weren't speaking French...
Gramática
1.- Past simple
El "past simple" describe una acción pasada ya finalizada.
When I was young I lived in Madrid (ahora vivo en Barcelona)
2.- Past continuous
Indica que una acción se estaba desarrollando en cierto momento del pasado al cual se hace referencia. No dice si la acción ya finalizó o todavía continuaba.
When the mother came home her husband was playing with the kids (no sabemos si terminó de jugar en ese momento o continuó jugando)
A veces se describen dos acciones simultáneas que tuvieron lugar en el pasado. En dicho caso, se utiliza el "past imple" para describir aquella que finalizó y el "past continuous" para aquella otra que estaba ocurriendo cuando la primera tuvo lugar.
Yesterday evening when you called me I was having a shower
When the parents arrived home the children were watching TV
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