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    This document provides instruction on using the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. It explains that the past simple is used for completed actions while the past continuous is used for ongoing actions that were interrupted by other events. It gives examples of forming affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences in both tenses. It also contrasts how the past simple and past continuous are used to describe shorter actions interrupting longer ones. Finally, it provides an exercise for students to create a story using both past tenses.

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    Unit 2-Past Tense Contrast

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    This document provides instruction on using the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. It explains that the past simple is used for completed actions while the past continuous is used for ongoing actions that were interrupted by other events. It gives examples of forming affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences in both tenses. It also contrasts how the past simple and past continuous are used to describe shorter actions interrupting longer ones. Finally, it provides an exercise for students to create a story using both past tenses.

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    UNIT 2

    PAST SIMPLE & PAST CONTINUOUS USE


    PAST SIMPLE USE PAST CONTINUOUS

    USE Actions that finished completely eg. He sent me a Valentines card Actions happening during a period of time in the past
    eg. Rachel and Abby were talking about CDs

    PAST SIMPLE & PAST CONTINUOUS FORM


    PAST SIMPLE
    AFFIRMATIVE Regular

    PAST CONTINUOUS
    AFFIRMATIVE
    Subject + WAS / WERE + V-ing + compl. eg. Boys were speaking in class * REMEMBER ING EXCEPTIONS

    Subject + V-ed + compl.


    eg.The teacher explained the lesson

    * -ED EXCEPTIONS Verb ending e live - lived Verb ending y final vowel

    add d

    add ed play - played final cons add -ied cry - cried Verb ending cons+vow+cons double last consonant eg. stop - stopped

    PAST SIMPLE IRREGULAR VERBS


    AFFIRMATIVE

    Subject + V-2nd column +complements eg. They drank sparkling water yesterday evening. * Study irregular verbs on page 137

    PAST SIMPLE & PAST CONTINUOUS FORM


    PAST SIMPLE
    NEGATIVE

    PAST CONTINUOUS
    NEGATIVE Subject + WAS/WERE + V-ing + compl

    Subject + DIDNT + V +compl eg. Macey didnt like Hanif * never use ed or 2nd column!
    INTERROGATIVE

    eg. The girls were watching TV yesterday night. INTERROGATIVE


    WAS/WERE + Subject + V-ing + compl ?

    DID + Subject + V + compl ? eg. Did you see the film? * never use ed or 2nd column!

    eg. Was your sister studying for the exam?

    * REMEMBER ING EXCEPTIONS

    PAST TENSE CONTRAST USE


    PAST SIMPLE
    We use the past simple for a

    PAST CONTINUOUS
    We use the past continuous

    shorter action that interrupts the longer action eg. I was doing my homework when my mobile rang We often use WHEN with the past simple

    for a longer action eg. My mobile rang while I was doing my homework We often use WHILE with the past continuous

    EXERCISE 1: MAKE UP A STORY


    SAMPLE TEXT
    Yesterday I was sleeping when the phone rang. It was my mother. She was watching TV when she saw an accident. She phoned the police while my father was helping people. My father called the neighbourghs while he was hearing the ambulance. At the end the police came and the ambulance took people while they were saying thanks to my parents.

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