Zusammenfassung der Ressource
PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS
- Past Simple
- When do we use
it?
- One action in the past taking place once, none or several times
Example: He talked whith his sister
- Many actions in the past taking place one after the other
Example: He came in, took a knife and closed the door
- One action in the past taking place in the middle of another action
Example: When I was watching TV my mom suddenly called me
- Sentences type II Example: If i had a lot of money i would share it with
you
- Form of past
simple
- Interrogative: Did I
speak?
- Negative: I did not
speak
- Positive: I
spoke
- Regular
verbs
- Add -ed Example:
Talk/talked
- Iregular
verbs
- Second column of the irregular
verbs list Example: Be/was
- Past Continuous
- When do we use it?
- Puts emphasis on the course of an action in the past
Example: I was making a cake
- Two actions happening at the same time (in the past)
Example: She was playing videogames while his brother was
taking a shower
- Action going on at a certain time in the past
Example: When I was doing my homework the
phone suddenly rang
- Form of past
continuous
- Positive: I was
speaking
- Interrogative: Was I speaking?
- Negative: I wasn't speaking
- We use was/were
- My cousin was a singer