1. BELIEVE OR
NOT BELIEVE
WELCOME …

2. What do these symbols mean?
Write this on your notebook.
Study
Complete the exercise on the computer.

3. Past simple
and
Past continuous

4. Past simple

5. + - ? Suj + FORM Suj + didn´t + verb Did+ Suj + verb ? I played I sang
Monosyllabic ending in 1 vowel+1 conson, double conson
Stop—stopped
2 syllables & stress in the 2nd, double consonant
Permit—permitted
V ending in conson + y i + ed
Study—studied
Vowel + y ed play - played
FORM
Verb + -ed ( Regular)
I played +
Suj +
Verb 2nd column (Irregular)
I sang -
( Reg) I didn´t play
Suj + didn´t + verb
( Irreg) I didn´t sing ?
( Reg) Did you play?
Did+ Suj + verb ?
( Irreg) Did you sing?

6. USE Past and finished actions past states
Time expressions
☻Yesterday , ☻in 1970
☻Last week / month/ year..
☻Two days /weeks ago
☻in the 20th century
☻when ☻for ☻during
USE
Past and finished actions
We discovered a cemetery yesterday
My aunt saw a ghost when she was a child
The old lady died in 1945
They entered the secret corridor last week/ month/year
past states
The old lady lived in this house in 1868
I was very frightened when I saw that film
After the film they felt very frightened

7. Study all the irregular verbs
Click here to practice irregular verbs.
Go to the irregular verbs section in our blog.

8. Click on the links below. Here you will find some easy exercises
to practice the Past Simple tense

9. Past Continuous

10. + - ? Remember Suj + FORM Suj + past to be + V-ing
V monosilabic ending 1 vowel + 1 cons., double cons.
Run—running swim—swimming
V 2 syllables and stress in2nd, double conson.
Begin—beginning
Verbs ending in l , double l
Travel—travelling
Verbs ending in -ie , y + ing
Die—dying
FORM
Study – studying
Play - playing +
I was playing
Suj +
Past to be
+ V - ing
You were singing
Was / were -
I wasn´t playing
Suj + past to be + V-ing
You weren´t singing
Wasn´t / weren´t ?
Was I playing?
Past to be + Suj + verb ?
Were you singing?
Was / were
I , He , She , It
You, we, they
Remember
Was/ wasn´t
Were/weren´t

11. USe
To talk about an action which was happening at a specific moment in the past.
I was talking to Anna on the phone at two o´clock
To refer to a past action which was interrupted for a particular reason.
I was walking home when I saw the strange woman
Time expressions
☻while
☻as

12. Write the sentences in the correct order
Driving / we / next to / Loch Ness / were
Creature / near / water / was / walking / a / the
Was / the / in / a / water / swimming / creature
For five minutes / watching / the / we / creature / were
Neck / long / moving / was / its
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13. Cook sit write watch do look make
Complete the sentences. Use the past continuous form of the verbs in the box
Cook sit write watch do look make
At nine o´clock last night….
My sister and I were sitting in the living room
I ………………………………….. a programme about haunted houses
Mum and dad ………………………………… in the kitchen
Our dogs ………………………………….strange noises
They ………………………………………at the full moon
My sister …………………………………….her homework
She …………………………………….a ghost story!
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14. The beast of Bodmin
Complete the text. Use the past continuous form of the verbs in the box.
Play eat cycle not move not study watch
Cornwall is a peaceful and quiet area in the south
of England. But a lot of people think that a big cat
is living in the area. Its name is the Beast of Bodmin.
David: I saw the beast last night! I _______________________ football in my garden when I saw it under a tree. It __________________________ but then it ran away.
Megan: My brother and I __________________________ home. An enormous black cat ran in front of our bikes. It had yellow eyes. It gave me nightmares.
Tim: I had a lot of homework, but I _________________________ There was a full moon and I _____________________________ something from my window. I could see a large creature in the shadows. It ____________________________ something. I´m sure it was the beast.

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16. Past simple VS
Past continuous

17. What were you doing at eight o´clock? I was making dinner P.C
we use the past simple to talk about an action in the past that has finished
we use the past continuous when an action takes place over a period of time in the past.
Compare:
I made dinner last night. I started at seven o´clock and finished at half past eight. P.S.
What were you doing at eight o´clock? I was making dinner P.C
Sam and I talked for an hour. P.S
While we were talking, Jane was trying to get our attention. P.C.
we use P.S. and P.C. in the same sentence to describe an action that interrupted another action which was taking place in the past. We can combine the PS and PC with when and while.
While the teacher was explaining the bell rang

18. Past simple – Past continuous
While
Past Simple
When
PAST CONTINUOUS
PAST SIMPLE
While the teacher was explaining, the bell rang
The teacher was explaining when the bell rang

19. + Past simple – Past continuous was reading frightened
When the strange creature ____ (frighten) me,
I ____ (read) a book.
frightened
was reading
I ______ (come across) a skull
while I ______ (dig) in my garden
While the witch ______ (prepare) her potion,
her skin ______ (become) green
As we _____ (prepare) the halloween party,
some children _____ (ask for) some candies

20. I didn't realise that they weren't behaving as human beings
Past simple – Past continuous
I/not realise/ that/ they /behave/as human beings
I didn't realise that they weren't behaving as human beings
He/notwear/the costume/when/ he/scare/a boy
She/not believe/her discovery/although/she/look at/the clues
I/not realise/ that/ they /behave/as human beings

21. ? Past simple–Past continuous were you doing blew
What_______(you/do) when somebody _______(blow) the last candle?
were you doing
blew
What _______(happen) while you _______ (walk) along a dark street?
________(he/ visit) London when the murderer ________ (kill) his last victim?
_______(yourcomputer/break down) while you _______(work)on a project?
______(the family/sleep) when a strange person _______(scream)?

22. Do you fancy a song ?
Write in order the unscrambled lyrics.

23. Thriller by Michael Jackson1
Yeah, ooh…
You hear the door slam and realice ther’s nowhere left to run
You feel the cold hand and wonder if you’ll ever see the sun
You close your eyes and hope that this is just your imagination
, girl
But all the while you hear a creature creeping up behind
You’re out of time.
Cause this is thriller, thriller night
And no-one is gonna save you from the beast about
to strike
You know it’s thiller, thriller night
You’re fighting for your life inside a killer, thriller
tonight. 2
Night creatures call
And the dead start to walk in their masquerade
Tnere’s no escaping the jaws of the alien this time (they’re opem wide)
This is the end of your life. 3
Cause this is thriller, thriller night
There ain’t no second chance
against the thing with forty eyes, girl
Thriller, (wooohooo) thriller night
You’re fighting for your life
Inside a killer, thriller tonight.
They’re out to get you,
there’s demons closing in on every side
They will posses you
Unlesss you change the number on your dial
Now is the time
for you and I to cuddle close together, yeah
All through the night
I’ll save you from the the terror on the screen
I’l make you see 5 4
It’s close to midnight and something evil’s lurking in the dark
Under the moonlight you see a sight that almost stops your heart
You try to scream but terror takes the sound before you make it.
You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes.
You’re paralysed. 6

24. that this is thriller, thriller night 7
that this is thriller, thriller night
Girl, I can thrill you more than any ghost would ever dare try
Thriller,(wooohooo) thriller night
So let me hold you tight and share a killer, diller, chiller
Thriller here tonight
‘cause this is thriller, thriller night
Girl, I can thrill you more than any ghost
would ever dare try
thriller., thriller night
So let me hold you tight and share a killer,
thiller
Aaooow.
the foulest stench is in the air
The funk of forty thousand years
And grizzly ghouls from every tomb
Are closing to seal your doom
And though you fight to stay alive
Your body starts to shiver
For no mere mortal can resist
The evil of the thriller 8
Darkness fall across the land
The midnight hour is close at hand
Creatures crawl in search of blood
To terrorise your neighbourhood
And whenever shall be found
Without the soul for getting down
Must stand and face the hounds of hell
And rot inside the corpse’s shell. 10 9