january 09new headway pre-intermediate, unit 3 1 past simple past continuous

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PAST SIMPLEPAST SIMPLE

PAST CONTINUOUSPAST CONTINUOUS

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PAST SIMPLEPAST SIMPLE

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PAST SIMPLE

Form:

Questions: Negatives:

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PAST SIMPLE

Form:

Infinitive + ed

Questions: Negatives:

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PAST SIMPLE

Form:

Infinitive + ed

Questions: Negatives:

There are also many irregular verbs

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PAST SIMPLE

Form:

Infinitive + ed

Questions:

did + pronoun + infinitive

Negatives:

There are also many irregular verbs

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PAST SIMPLE

Form:

Infinitive + ed

Questions:

did + pronoun + infinitive

Negatives:

did not (didn’t) + infinitive

There are also many irregular verbs

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PAST SIMPLE

Form:

Infinitive + ed

Questions:

did + pronoun + infinitive

Negatives:

did not (didn’t) + infinitive

Short verbs :stop

There are also many irregular verbs

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PAST SIMPLE

Form:

Infinitive + ed

Questions:

did + pronoun + infinitive

Negatives:

did not (didn’t) + infinitive

Short verbs :stop stopped

(1syllable + 1 consonant + 1vowel = 2 consonants)

There are also many irregular verbs

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PAST SIMPLE

Form:

Infinitive + ed

Questions:

did + pronoun + infinitive

Negatives:

did not (didn’t) + infinitive

Short verbs :stop stopped

(1syllable + 1 consonant + 1vowel = 2 consonants)

Consonant + y :study

There are also many irregular verbs

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PAST SIMPLE

Form:

Infinitive + ed

Questions:

did + pronoun + infinitive

Negatives:

did not (didn’t) + infinitive

Short verbs :Stop Stopped

(1syllable + 1 consonant + 1vowel = 2 consonants)

Consonant + y :study studied

(change -y to -ied)

There are also many irregular verbs

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PAST CONTINUOUSPAST CONTINUOUS

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PAST CONTINUOUS

Form:

Questions: Negatives:

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PAST CONTINUOUS

Form:

Questions: Negatives:

was / were + verb + ing

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PAST CONTINUOUS

Form:

Questions: Negatives:

was / were + verb + ing

was / were (wasn’t / weren’t)+ verb+ ing

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PAST CONTINUOUS

Form:

Questions: Negatives:

was / were + verb + ing

was / were + pronoun + verb + ing was / were (wasn’t / weren’t)+ verb+ ing

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PAST CONTINUOUS

Form:

Questions: Negatives:

was / were + verb + ing

was / were + pronoun + verb + ing was / were (wasn’t / weren’t)+ verb+ ing

Continuous tense =

be + verb+ ing

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PAST CONTINUOUS

Form:

Questions: Negatives:

was / were + verb + ing

was / were + pronoun + verb + ing was / were (wasn’t / weren’t)+ verb+ ing

The Past Continuous is sometimes called

Past Progressive

Continuous tense =

be + verb+ ing

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PAST SIMPLE VS PAST CONTINUOUSPAST SIMPLE VS PAST CONTINUOUS

Past Simple• For something in the past

which is finished.

My father bought a new car last month

• To tell the events of a story.

He opened the door, switched on the light

• A habitual action (routine) in the past.

He often told me he was the best player

Past Continuous• For an action that we were in

the middle of.

He was waling in the street when I met him

• To insist on how long the action lasted.

He was studying literature for ten years

• We normally do not use Past Continuous with state verbs

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PAST SIMPLE VS PAST CONTINUOUSPAST SIMPLE VS PAST CONTINUOUS

Past SimpleUse with:

yesterday

…ago

in 1995

the other day

last Friday

when

Past ContinuousUse with:

while

as long as

when

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PAST SIMPLE VS PAST CONTINUOUSPAST SIMPLE VS PAST CONTINUOUS

When Mary arrived, we were having dinner

When Mary arrived, we had dinner

…after another action…at the same time