Simple Past
I ______ (talk) to my best friend yesterday.
talked
It ____________ (snow) a lot yesterday at 2 p.m.
was snowing
While I ___________(listen) to my favourite song, my friend called me.
was listening
Did you _____ (fall) asleep while I _____ (talk) to you?
fall - was talking
True or false? The action in progress in a sentence in the past is in the Past Simple form.
E.g. She was walking when it started to rain.
False, it is in the Past Continuous form (was walking).
Yesterday, I ___________ (speak) Spanish.
spoke
My family and I _______________ (watch) the news together when my friend called me.
were watching
Sandy and I ______________ (research) an important Canadian event for our project yesterday at 7 o'clock.
were researching
The team _________ (play) soccer when suddenly a dog ___________ (run) onto the field.
was/were playing - ran
True or false? To form the Past Continuous tense of a verb, you always need was/were + verb + ing.
E.g. She was walking when it started to rain.
True
Where _________(be) your sister when you called her?
was
__________ (they / dance) with all those famous people, or was that a fake photo?
Were they dancing
Yesterday, I __________ (wake up) at 8 a.m. After that, I _____________ (have) a shower and then I ____________(get dressed).
woke up
had
got dressed
I ________(pay) for the tickets while I ____________(wait) for my friend to arrive.
paid
was waiting
In which of these situations do you use the past continuous tense?
a) an action that was in progress in the past
b) an action that was completed in the past
c) an action that started in the past and is still happening now
a) an action that was in progress in the past
Who ___________ you __________ to the beach with last weekend?
Who DID you GO the the beach with last weekend?
Sarah _______________ (not chat) to her friend at 8 p.m. She ____________(have) dinner.
Sarah WASN'T CHATTING to her friend at 8 p.m. She WAS HAVING dinner.
Last night I ___________ (lie) in bed when somebody rang the doorbell.
was lying
First I ___________(lie) down on the sofa and then I ________(fall) asleep while the music __________(play).
LAY
FELL
WAS PLAYING
Form the present participles for these verbs and explain the rules:
live
stop
die
living- drop -e and add -ing
stopping- consonant+stressed vowel + consonant=double consonant and add -ing
dying - verbs ending in -ie= replace -ie with -y and add -ing
Write the Past Simple question for this answer.
Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet.
Who wrote Romeo and Juliet?
James __________ (not lie). He ________________ (tell) the truth.
James WASN'T LYING. He WAS TELLING the truth.
Last Sunday at 2 p.m. I ____________(jog) in the park when I saw a thief who ______________(try) to open someone's bag.
was jogging
was trying
I _____ (dye) my hair when my mum _________ (tell) that dinner was ready.
WAS DYEING
TOLD
Describe the rules for making Past Simple and Past Continuous sentences in their positive, negative and interrogative forms.
Give examples.
Past Simple
+ Subject + verb + -ed
- subject + didn't + base form
? Did + subject + base form
Past Continuous
+ Subject + was/were + verb + -ing
- subject + wasn't/weren't + verb + -ing
? was/were + subject + verb + -ing