1. New Headway pre-intermediate, Unit 3
PAST SIMPLE
PAST CONTINUOUS
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2. New Headway pre-intermediate, Unit 3
PAST SIMPLE
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3. New Headway pre-intermediate, Unit 3
PAST SIMPLE
Form:
Questions:
Negatives:
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4. New Headway pre-intermediate, Unit 3
PAST SIMPLE
Form:
Infinitive + ed
Questions:
Negatives:
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5. New Headway pre-intermediate, Unit 3
PAST SIMPLE
Form:
Infinitive + ed
There are also many irregular verbs
Questions:
Negatives:
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6. New Headway pre-intermediate, Unit 3
PAST SIMPLE
Form:
Infinitive + ed
There are also many irregular verbs
Questions:
did + pronoun + infinitive
Negatives:
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7. 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
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8. 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
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9. (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
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10. (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
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11. (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
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12. New Headway pre-intermediate, Unit 3
PAST CONTINUOUS
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13. New Headway pre-intermediate, Unit 3
PAST CONTINUOUS
Form:
Questions:
Negatives:
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14. New Headway pre-intermediate, Unit 3
PAST CONTINUOUS
Form:
was / were + verb + ing
Questions:
Negatives:
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15. was / were (wasn’t / weren’t)
PAST CONTINUOUS
Form:
was / were + verb + ing
Questions:
Negatives:
was / were (wasn’t / weren’t)
+ verb+ ing
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16. 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
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17. 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
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18. 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
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19. 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
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20. 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
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21. 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
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