2.2 past simple & past continuous
Past simple & past continuous
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Past simple & past continuous
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Today
- Past simple
- Past continuous
- Practising the grammar
- End of lesson
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Lesson aims
- You know what the past simple is
- You know what the past continuous is
- You know when to use the past continuous and when the past
simple
- You can use both grammatical structures
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You copy the information and write it in your paper notebook
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Past simple
What is the past simple? How is it formed?
When do you use the past simple?
Are there any exceptions?
When do you use the past simple?
Are there any exceptions?
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Past simple
What is the past simple? How is it formed?
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Past simple
What is the past simple? How is it formed?
Something happened in the past
I + Verb + ed To happen - Happened
You + Verb + ed To work - Worked
He / She / It + Verb + ed To walk - Walked
We + Verb + ed To jump - Jumped
They + Verb + ed To show - Showed
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Past simple
When do you use the past simple?
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Past simple
When do you use the past simple?
- Something happened in the past and it has finished.
- Indication of time that refers to the past
- Express a habit (in the past)
- When telling a story
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Past simple
Are there any exceptions?
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Past simple
Are there any exceptions?
- Words ending in -e: +d only, not +ed
Change - changed Biggest exception: - Words ending in -p: double p Irregular verbs!
Stop - stopped Use '2e rijtje' - Words ending in -c: +k, then +ed
Panic - panicked - Words ending in -y: change 'y' into 'i', then + ed
Carry - Carried
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When do we use past continuous?
- Something that was happening in the past at a certain time
- The action had already started but was not yet finished
You were paying attention in English class at 10.45.
--> You started doing this before 10.45 and finished sometime later.
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When do we use past continuous?
- Something that was happening in the past at a certain time
- The action had already started but was not yet finished
- Annoying habits --> was/were + always + verb+ing
Our neighbour was always making a lot of noise.
--> He may still do this, but you or your neighbour have moved, or he stopped doing it, but you don't have to endure it anymore.
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When do we use past continuous?
- Something that was happening in the past at a certain time.
- The action had already started but was not yet finished.
- Annoying habits --> was/were + always + verb+ing
- Something was going on when the main action happened.
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When do we use past continuous?
- Something was going on when the main action happened.
I was eating dinner when the phone rang.
--> You started eating earlier, you were still eating at the moment of the phone suddenly ringing.
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Past Continuous & Past Simple together
- Something was going on when the main action happened.
I was eating dinner when the phone rang
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Past continuous
What do you notice? Can we formulate a specific rule for this?
- I was doing my homework.
- We were watching the telly.
- You were paying attention in English class at 10.45.
- I was eating dinner when the phone rang.
- He broke his ankle when he was playing football.
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Past continuous
What do you notice? Can we formulate a specific rule for this?
- I was doing my homework.
- We were watching the telly.
- You were paying attention in English class at 10.45.
- I was eating dinner when the phone rang.
- He broke his ankle when he was playing football.
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Past continuous (+)
Rule for a positive sentence:
Subject + Was / Were + Verb+ing + rest of sentence
I / He / She / It
You / We / They
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Past continuous (+)
Rule for a positive sentence:
Subject + Was / Were + Verb+ing + rest of sentence
I / He / She / It was looking for a phone.
You / We / They were listening to music.
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Past continuous (-)
Rule for a negative sentence:
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Past continuous (-)
Rule for a negative sentence:
Subject + Was / Were + not + Verb+ing + rest of sentence
I / He / She / It
You / We / They
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Past continuous (-)
Rule for a negative sentence:
Subject + Was / Were + not + Verb+ing + rest of sentence
I / He / She / It was not / wasn't looking for a phone.
You / We / They were not / weren't listening to music.
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Past continuous (?)
Rule for a question:
Subject + Was / Were + Verb+ing + rest of sentence
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Past continuous (?)
Rule for a question:
Subject + Was / Were + Verb+ing + rest of sentence
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Past continuous (?)
Rule for a question:
Was / Were + Subject + Verb+ing + rest of sentence
I / he / she / it
you / we / they
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Past continuous (?)
Rule for a question:
Was / Were + Subject + Verb+ing + rest of sentence
Was I / he / she / it looking for a phone?
Were you / we / they listening to music?
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Exceptions
Rule:
Subject + Was / Were + Verb+ing + rest of sentence
Words ending in -e: -e becomes -ing
--> care - was caring / joke - were joking
Words ending in -c: -c becomes -cking
--> panic - was panicking / mimic - were mimicking
Words ending in -p: -p is doubled, then +ing
--> stop - was stopping / flap - were flapping
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Let's practice!
- Do the worksheet I hand out
- Finished? Check your answers
- Then Student's Book, Unit 2.2 (page 26)
Exercises 3, 4, 6 & 7
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Lesson aims
- You know what the past simple is
- You know what the past continuous is
- You know when to use the past continuous and when the past
simple
- You can use both grammatical structures
