English Class - 22/09 - H3

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English Class - 22/09 - H3

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Today

Grammar

- Past Simple & Past Continuous

      - Questions

      - Negatives

Reading

Which sentence shows the past simple?

1. I was running home yesterday
2. I am running home yesterday
3. A long time ago, I runned home
4. I ran home yesterday

Which sentence shows the past continuous?

1. I was doing the dishes when the bell rang
2. I did the dishes when the bell rang
3. I am walking home when I heard thunder
4. I were running while the cops chased me

Past Simple - Questions

Asking questions about the past (finished)

For "be":

Subject <----> was/were

"I was sleepy" ------> "Was I sleepy?"

Past Simple - Questions

Other verbs:

Did + subject + verb

(verb not in the past form!!!)

"Did you walk home yesterday?"

(time words usually at the end)

Past Simple - Questions

Do you want to know specifics in a question?

Question words come first

(the "Wh" words and "How")

"When did you walk home yesterday?"

"Who did I hit with my car?"

Make a past simple question:
"I ate a sandwich this morning."

Past Continuous - Questions

Past actions with a longer duration

(Question word +) was/were + subject + verb(-ing)

"Was he walking that fast?"

"When were you planning on telling me?"

"What was he doing when he broke his leg?"

Past Continuous - Questions

"What" or "Who" can also be the subject.

Then:

What/Who + was/were + verb(-ing)

"What was making that noise last night?"

Make a past continuous question:
"He was painting when the lights went out."

Past Simple - Negatives

"I walked home yesterday"

Subject + did + not + verb

------>

Past Simple - Negatives

"I walked home yesterday"

Subject + did + not + verb

------>

"I did not walk home yesterday"

(Again, verb not in past form!!!)

Past Simple - Negatives

Irregular verbs go back to their infinitive

(Ran ---> Run)

"She went to school yesterday"

------>

"She did not go to school yesterday"

Past Continuous - Negatives

To deny something was happening in a past period of time

Subject + was/were + not + verb(-ing)

(So just insert "not" after was/were)

"I was not shaking the ladder when he fell"

"They were not running on the slippery floor"

Stative Verbs

d

Never use with past continuous, since it describes a state, not an action. Only use past simple. 

Practice

Go to classroom, and download the file

"Past S&C - Questions + Negatives - Assignments"

Make the assignments alone, and in silence

10 minutes

Checking in class afterwards

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