1. SIMPLE PAST VS PAST CONTINUOUS

2. Simple Past Tense

3. 1a. Affirmative form of the ‘be’ verb in simple past tense
Singular subject I He
She It
The winner
Verb
was

4. Plural subject
You We
They
The winners
Verb
were

5. Examples The child was happy to receive the gift
You were late again this morning

6. SIMPLE PAST (finished action)
Finished action, no connection with present
My grandfather worked for a newspaper.
I hated school.
With words for a finished time, like yesterday, in 2002, ago, then, when
I saw Ann yesterday. (NOT I have seen Ann yesterday)
Bill phoned three days ago.

7. SIMPLE PAST (finished action)
Stories
A man walked into a café and sat down at a table. The waiter asked …
Details (time, place etc) of news
The cat has eaten your supper. She took it off the table.
Bill has had an accident. He fell off his bicycle when he was going to work.

8. 1. Action verbs in simple past tense
I/ You/ We/ They/ He/ She/ It +
Past tense form of regular verb / irregular verb

9. 2. The negative form of the ‘be’ verbs
Affirmative
Negative
(Shortened form)
was
was + not
wasn’t
The child was happy to receive the gift.
The child was not happy to receive the gift.
The child wasn’t happy to receive the gift.
were
Were + not
weren’t
You were late.
You were not late.
You weren’t late. .

10. 3. The negative form of action verbs
Affirmative
Negative
(Contraction)
laughed
did + not + laugh
didn’t laugh
cut
did + not + cut
didn’t cut

11. Past Continuous Tense

12. AFFIRMATIVE FORM was/were + ing
Anne was hiking in Taman Negara when she came across a 20-foot python

13. NEGATIVE FORM
was/were + not + ing
Siti is not reading.
Siti not is reading.
Siti not reading.

14. SIMPLE PAST VS PAST CONTINUOUS

15. 1. the same for all persons He left at three o’clock.
SIMPLE PAST TENSE
PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE
FORM
1. the same for all persons
He left at three o’clock.
They arrived three weeks ago.
2. most regular verbs add –ed to the base form of the verb ( worked, wanted, helped .....)
there are many common irregular verbs ( go-went, meet-met, see-saw,.....)
1. Was / were + verb + -ing
They were driving to Paris.
We weren’t waiting for a long time.
What were they doing?

16. SIMPLE PAST TENSE PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE USE
1. a finished action in the past
We met in 2007.
When I was a child, we lived in a small house by the sea.
2. a complete action followed another
When the doorbell rang, Ahmad went to the door.
1. an action which is not finished at a certain time
What were you doing at six o’clock?
I was brushing my
teeth.
2. used together with simple past tense
Past simple: new action that interrupts another action
Past continuous: an action already in progress.
When I reached there, Siti was playing with the baby.

17. SIMPLE PAST TENSE
PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE
USE
3. describe a scene
The night market was very busy. Music was coming from radio cassette players. Young men were laughing and talking.
With words like not, just, often between the two words of a past continuous verb
Others were just looking.
With adverbs ending –ly
She was quietly laughing at him.

18. Exercise
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19. Class activity: 'What Is?' Survey
Work with a partner
Conduct a survey about your partner
Present the finding in class

20. 'What Is?' Survey Topic Name Age From Favorite Food Birthday
Most prized possession (what & why)
Student A
Student B