New Headway pre-intermediate, Unit 3 PAST SIMPLE PAST CONTINUOUS January 09 New Headway pre-intermediate, Unit 3

New Headway pre-intermediate, Unit 3 PAST SIMPLE January 09 New Headway pre-intermediate, Unit 3

New Headway pre-intermediate, Unit 3 PAST SIMPLE Form: Questions: Negatives: January 09 New Headway pre-intermediate, Unit 3

New Headway pre-intermediate, Unit 3 PAST SIMPLE Form: Infinitive + ed Questions: Negatives: January 09 New Headway pre-intermediate, Unit 3

New Headway pre-intermediate, Unit 3 PAST SIMPLE Form: Infinitive + ed There are also many irregular verbs Questions: Negatives: January 09 New Headway pre-intermediate, Unit 3

New Headway pre-intermediate, Unit 3 PAST SIMPLE Form: Infinitive + ed There are also many irregular verbs Questions: did + pronoun + infinitive Negatives: January 09 New Headway pre-intermediate, Unit 3

New Headway pre-intermediate, Unit 3 PAST SIMPLE Form: Infinitive + ed There are also many irregular verbs Questions: did + pronoun + infinitive Negatives: did not (didn’t) + infinitive January 09 New Headway pre-intermediate, Unit 3

New Headway pre-intermediate, Unit 3 PAST SIMPLE Short verbs : stop Form: Infinitive + ed There are also many irregular verbs Questions: did + pronoun + infinitive Negatives: did not (didn’t) + infinitive January 09 New Headway pre-intermediate, Unit 3

(1syllable + 1 consonant + 1vowel PAST SIMPLE Short verbs : stop stopped (1syllable + 1 consonant + 1vowel = 2 consonants) Form: Infinitive + ed There are also many irregular verbs Questions: did + pronoun + infinitive Negatives: did not (didn’t) + infinitive January 09 New Headway pre-intermediate, Unit 3

(1syllable + 1 consonant + 1vowel PAST SIMPLE Consonant + y : study Short verbs : stop stopped (1syllable + 1 consonant + 1vowel = 2 consonants) Form: Infinitive + ed There are also many irregular verbs Questions: did + pronoun + infinitive Negatives: did not (didn’t) + infinitive January 09 New Headway pre-intermediate, Unit 3

(1syllable + 1 consonant + 1vowel PAST SIMPLE Consonant + y : study studied (change -y to -ied) Short verbs : Stop Stopped (1syllable + 1 consonant + 1vowel = 2 consonants) Form: Infinitive + ed There are also many irregular verbs Questions: did + pronoun + infinitive Negatives: did not (didn’t) + infinitive January 09 New Headway pre-intermediate, Unit 3

New Headway pre-intermediate, Unit 3 PAST CONTINUOUS January 09 New Headway pre-intermediate, Unit 3

New Headway pre-intermediate, Unit 3 PAST CONTINUOUS Form: Questions: Negatives: January 09 New Headway pre-intermediate, Unit 3

New Headway pre-intermediate, Unit 3 PAST CONTINUOUS Form: was / were + verb + ing Questions: Negatives: January 09 New Headway pre-intermediate, Unit 3

was / were (wasn’t / weren’t) PAST CONTINUOUS Form: was / were + verb + ing Questions: Negatives: was / were (wasn’t / weren’t) + verb+ ing January 09 New Headway pre-intermediate, Unit 3

was / were (wasn’t / weren’t) PAST CONTINUOUS Form: was / were + verb + ing Questions: Negatives: was / were + pronoun + verb + ing was / were (wasn’t / weren’t) + verb+ ing January 09 New Headway pre-intermediate, Unit 3

was / were (wasn’t / weren’t) PAST CONTINUOUS Continuous tense = be + verb+ ing Form: was / were + verb + ing Questions: Negatives: was / were + pronoun + verb + ing was / were (wasn’t / weren’t) + verb+ ing January 09 New Headway pre-intermediate, Unit 3

was / were (wasn’t / weren’t) PAST CONTINUOUS The Past Continuous is sometimes called Past Progressive Continuous tense = be + verb+ ing Form: was / were + verb + ing Questions: Negatives: was / were + pronoun + verb + ing was / were (wasn’t / weren’t) + verb+ ing January 09 New Headway pre-intermediate, Unit 3

PAST SIMPLE VS PAST CONTINUOUS For something in the past which is finished. My father bought a new car last month To tell the events of a story. He opened the door, switched on the light A habitual action (routine) in the past. He often told me he was the best player Past Continuous For an action that we were in the middle of. He was waling in the street when I met him To insist on how long the action lasted. He was studying literature for ten years We normally do not use Past Continuous with state verbs literature January 09 New Headway pre-intermediate, Unit 3

PAST SIMPLE VS PAST CONTINUOUS Use with: yesterday …ago in 1995 the other day last Friday when Past Continuous Use with: while as long as when literature January 09 New Headway pre-intermediate, Unit 3

PAST SIMPLE VS PAST CONTINUOUS When Mary arrived, we were having dinner When Mary arrived, we had dinner literature …after another action …at the same time January 09 New Headway pre-intermediate, Unit 3