3. The past simple I played We broke She didn’t jump Did they run? I was sick They were in the beach The past continuous I was playing We were breaking She wasn’t jumping Were they running? I was being sick They were sunbathing in the beach

4. PAST SIMPLE USES

6. It is normally followed by time expressions Yesterday, in 1990, then, when… Last month, last week, last summer… 3 days ago, some time ago, a week ago …

7. PAST CONTINUOUS USES

9. This tense describes… AN ACTION THAT WAS IN PROGRESS AT SOME POINT IN THE PAST. My brother was working yesterday at 7 They were doing and exam last Friday at 2:30 TWO EVENTS TAKING PLACE AT THE SAME TIME IN THE PAST Ellen was cooking while her sister was watching TV

10. It is normally used with times and expressions At 10.00 this morning… Yesterday evening at 9.00

11. I was eating chocolate She was studying French AS YOU CAN SEE, THE STRUCTURE IS VERY SIMPLE. I wasn’t studying yesterday at 5 o’clock Peter wasn’t living in San Francisco They weren’t watching TV Were they watching TV? Was your best friend travelling to Paris? SUBJECT + WAS/ WERE + GERUND (Verb + ing) GERUND = continuous form of the verb In Spanish In Spanish = RUN– Correr RUNNING- Corriendo

12. PAST CONTINUOUS AND PAST SIMPLE We can find different situations

15. In this last situation you are going to find WHEN and WHILE in the sentences. They usually follow one rule While I was driving to work, I had an accident I was having a shower when the phone rang What were you doing when I called you last night?

16. Fill the gaps with the correct tense It __________hard when we left the building. (rain) was raining While I _____________the report you rang. (read) Was reading He was going out to lunch when I _____him. (see) saw While he ______________I phoned him (cook) Was cooking Jimmy was taking a bath when the phone ____ (ring) rang

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18. When she was just a girl she expected the world But it flew away from her reach So she ran away in her sleep and dreamed of paradise, Every time she closed her eyes When she was just a girl she expected the world But it flew away from her reach and the bullets catch in her teeth Life goes on, it gets so heavy The wheel breaks the butterfly every tear’s a waterfall In the night the stormy night she'll close her eyes In the night the stormy night away she'd fly And dream of paradise She'd dream of paradise And so lying underneath those stormy skies She'd say, "Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh I know the sun must set to rise" This could be paradise https://www.youtube.com/watc h?v=1G4isv_Fylg https://www.youtube.com/watc h?v=1G4isv_Fylg

19. Practice with song http://www.ejerciciodeingles.com/ejercicios- practicar-past-simple-past-continuous-cancion-john- lennon/ http://www.ejerciciodeingles.com/ejercicios- practicar-past-simple-past-continuous-cancion-john- lennon/ http://www.ejerciciodeingles.com/ejercicios-verbos- past-simple-cancion-coldplay/ (coldplay – yellow) http://www.ejerciciodeingles.com/ejercicios-verbos- past-simple-cancion-coldplay/ http://www.ejerciciodeingles.com/ejercicios-past- simple-pronunciacion-terminacion-ed-cancion-james- blunt/ (james Blunt – beautiful) http://www.ejerciciodeingles.com/ejercicios-past- simple-pronunciacion-terminacion-ed-cancion-james- blunt/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayJNGnr_T3M (aerosmith – crying) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayJNGnr_T3M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R04sLCmtz3E (oasis - Champagne supernova) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R04sLCmtz3E