1. Grammar : Past simple & past continuous
Memory
Improving your memory
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Grammar : Past simple & past continuous

2. Seven tips for improving your memory
1- Sleep well
2- Do physical exercise
3- Do mental exercise
4- Be interested
5- Keep reviewing
6- Have a cup of coffee
7- Form a mental picture

3. Grammar: Past simple and Past continuous
I/You/He/She/It/We/They ……. Worked
I/You/He/She/It/We/They ……. Didn’t work
Did I/You/He/She/It/We/They Work ?
. We use past simple for states and actions which happened in the past. We often say when the action happened.
I saw someone famous yesterday.
. The action can be short or long, single or repeated.
I dropped the glass and it broken on the floor.
He took the train to work everyday.
. We also use the past simple to talk about states in the past.
When I was young, I loved playing with my toys.

4. Grammar: Past simple and Past continuous
I//He/She/It/ ……. Was Worked
You/We/They ……. Were work
was I/He/She/It Working ?
Were you/we/they working ?
I//He/She/It/ ……. Wasn’t Worked
You/We/They ……. Weren’t work
. We use past continuous for action in progress at time in the past.
I living in London then.
. Sometimes this includes a specific time or another(completed) past action.
We were having breakfast at 8 o’clock.
I heard the news on the radio while I was driving home.
. The past continuous often describe the situation or background to a story.
The sun was shining and I was walking a long the road. Suddenly, someone shouted to me

5. Grammar: Past simple and Past continuous
. Sometime the past continuous action is interrupted.
They were walking about me when I walked in the room, then they stopped.
. We use the past continuous for actions we see as incomplete.
I read a book about Italy on the plan.
I was reading a book about Italy on the plan.
. The past continuous has the same characteristics as other continuous forms.
_ continuous forms describe activities in progress.
He’s reading the newspaper.
He was reading the newspaper.
_ We use continuous forms to emphasis that situations are the temporary.
She’s staying with us at the moment.
I was sleeping on a friend’s sofa.
_ We don’t use continuous forms with state verbs.
I hated vegetables when I was young.
Not I was hating vegetables when I was young.

6. Grammar: (Used to) and (would)
I//He/She/It/ You/We/They ……. Used to work.
I//He/She/It/ You/We/They ……. Would work.
I//He/She/It/ You/We/They ……. Didn’t Use to work.
I//He/She/It/ You/We/They ……. Wouldn’t work.
Did I//He/She/It/ You/We/They ……. Use to work ?
Would I//He/She/It/ You/We/They ……. work ?

7. Grammar: (Used to) and (would)
. We use used to and would for habits in the past.
I would go to the gym every day.
My sister used to have really long hair.
. There is no equivalent form of used to or would in the present.
I usually go to my parents’ house on Sundays.
Not, I use to go to my parents’ house on Sundays.
. Would is common when we are telling a story or remembering an event.
Those were the best years of my life. I would spend all day on the beach and go out every night.
.for states in the past, we only use used to, not would.
I used to live in Dubai.
Not, I would live in Dubai.
. We can always use he past simple instead of used to or would.
I went to the gym every day.
My sister had really long hair.

8. Grammar: not…any longer / not…anymore
. These phrases mean that an action or state was true in the past, but is not true now.
I used to play volleyball every Friday, but I don’t any longer.

9. Grammar : still
. We use still when we are want to emphasise that an action or state has not stopped or changed, but up to the present.
I still remember how frightened I was.

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Hosam Eldeen Mostafa