PAST SIMPLE PAST CONTINUOUS

FORM FORM
AFFIRMATIVE AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE QUESTIONS
I was sleeping I wasn´t sleeping Was I sleeping?
I / you / he / she / it / we / you / they SAW
You were sleeping You weren´t sleeping Were you sleeping?
NEGATIVE He He He
I / you / he / she / it / we / you / they DIDN´T SEE She was sleeping She wasn´t sleeping Was she sleeping?
It It It
QUESTIONS We We We
DID-( I / you / he / she / it / we / you / they)- SEE? You were sleeping You weren´t sleeping Were you sleeping
SHORT ANSWERS. they they they
Yes,(I / you / he / she / it / we / you / they) DID. SHORT ANSWERS.
No,(I / you / he / she / it / we / you / they) DIDN´T. Yes, (I, he, she ,it ) was. Yes, ( we, you, they) were.
No, (I, he, she ,it ) wasn´t No, ( we, you, they) weren´t
The spelling of –ED, regular verbs

A.- Regla general añadir –ED a la forma base del verbo: Work/worked, want/wanted, wash/washed, help/helped.

B.- Acabados en –E añaden –D : Bake/baked, Like/liked, use/used.

C.- Acabados en CONSONANT + Y cambian a –IED : Carry/carried, bury/burried, try/tried.

E.- En verbos de 2 sílabas la consonante se dobla si el acento cae en la 2ª sílaba, y tienen 1 vocal + 1consonante.
Pre`ferred, ad`mitted But: `entered, `visited (stress 1 st syllable)
 Excepciones:aunque el acento esté en la 1ª sílaba: worship, kidnap, handicap.  worshipped, kidnapped, handicapped
F.- Acabados en –L despues de vocal, doblan-L :
*travel /travelled, * cancel/cancelled, control/controlled,
*signal/signalled, fulfil/fulfilled, quarrel/quarrelled.
 La consonante no se dobla: si hay 2 vocales + L: look / looked
 En Inglés americano no se dobla.
G.- Acabados en –C añaden –K antes de-ED or –ING: Panic/ panicked

USES USES
1.- Utilizamos el pasado simple para contar una historia del 1.- Utilizamos el pasado continuo para describir escenas de una
pasado, cuando los hechos se suceden cronológicamente, uno historia en el pasado, para contar lo que estaba sucediendo en ese
tras otro. momento.
- Yesterday, I got up at 7 o´clock. I washed. I brushed my - Yesterday, I got up at 7 o´clock. The sun was shining; the birds
hair. Then I got dressed. I had breakfast and finally I went were singing; My father was reading the newspaper and my
out. mother was making coffee.
2.- Una acción que empezó en el pasado y terminó. 2.- Estabas haciendo algo en el pasado, pero todavía no lo has
COMPLETE ACTION. terminado en el presente. UNFINISHED ACTION.
- I read a book yesterday. (Lo leí y lo terminé.) - Peter was reading a book yesterday. (Todavía no lo has
terminado.)
3.- Una acción interrumpió ( pasado simple) ( acción corta), a otra
3.- Cuando una acción siguió a la otra, las dos en pasado que se estaba produciendo ( pasado continuo ( acción larga).
simple. - When I was having a shower, the phone rang.
- When I had a shower, the phone rang. *--------------8:00-------8:30--------9:00----------*
*-------------8:00--------9:00-------------* ( yesterday) * ( today)
(yesterday) ( today) ( the phone rang)
( I had a shower) ( The phone rang) * -----( I was having a shower)----*
TIME EXPRESSIONS WITH THE PAST.
YESTERDAY ----ayer.
THE OTHER DAY ---- el otro día LAST YEAR ---- el año pasado
THE OTHER NIGHT ---- la otra noche LAST MONTH ---- el mes pasado
THE OTHER MONTH ----el otro mes LAST WEEK ----la semana pasada
AGO --------Hace…. 6 years ago----hace 6 años.
7 days ago-----hace 7 días.
HOW LONG AGO….? ----- ¿Cuánto tiempo hace que…? --- How long ago did she leave?---¿Cuánto tiempo hace que salió?
WHEN…. ---- cuando ------ past simple WHILE…. ---- mientras que ------ past continuous
- When Ann passed her exams, she was very happy. - WHILE I was waiting for the bus, it begun to rain.
- Ann was very happy WHEN she passed her exams. - It began to rain WHILE I was waiting for the bus.

I.E.S. JUAN BOSCO P. CLIMENT MÍNGUEZ