English Grammar: Past Simple and Past Continuous, Apuntes de Inglés

¡Descarga English Grammar: Past Simple and Past Continuous y más Apuntes en PDF de Inglés solo en Docsity! Past simple USES < Completed action at a specific time in the past My car broke down yesterday % Consecutive actions He went into the room and opened the window < Short action which interrupts a longer one She was having a bath when the phone rang FORM 0 Affirmative Regular: S+ V-ed > He arrived Irregular: Second column -> He went 0 Negative Regular: S+ didn't + Inf -> He didn't arrive Irregular: S+ didn't + Inf -> He didn't go 0 Interrogative Regular: Did + S+ Inf -> Did he arrive? Irregular: Did + S + Inf -> Did he go? KEY WORDS 0 Yesteday, last year, two days ago, in 2010, when.,... Q Then, later, after that, ... Past Continuous Uses = Incomplete action in progress at a specific time in the past He was watching TV at six O”cloch. = Incomplete action (long) in the past interrupted by another action (short) She was watching TV when he arived. = Two simultaneous incomplete actions (long) in progress in the past. She was watching TV while he was sleeping. FORM 0 Affirmative S+ was/were + Inf+ing > He was eating 0 Negative S+ wasn't/weren't + Infting > He wasn't eating 0 Interrogative Was/were + S+ Infting > Was he eating KEY WORDS = Precise time in the past: At nine o'clock in the evening = Other expresions: when, while, as