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    The document provides examples and explanations of how to use the simple past and past continuous tenses in English. It gives the positive, negative, and interrogative forms of both tenses and then provides sample sentences to illustrate their uses. Some key uses of the simple past outlined include talking about completed actions in the past and actions that were completed by a specific time. Uses of the past continuous include actions that were ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the past or as background to another past action. The document provides exercises for learners to practice forming sentences using both tenses correctly.

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    The document provides examples and explanations of how to use the simple past and past continuous tenses in English. It gives the positive, negative, and interrogative forms of both tenses and then provides sample sentences to illustrate their uses. Some key uses of the simple past outlined include talking about completed actions in the past and actions that were completed by a specific time. Uses of the past continuous include actions that were ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the past or as background to another past action. The document provides exercises for learners to practice forming sentences using both tenses correctly.

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    The document provides examples and explanations of how to use the simple past and past continuous tenses in English. It gives the positive, negative, and interrogative forms of both tenses and then provides sample sentences to illustrate their uses. Some key uses of the simple past outlined include talking about completed actions in the past and actions that were completed by a specific time. Uses of the past continuous include actions that were ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the past or as background to another past action. The document provides exercises for learners to practice forming sentences using both tenses correctly.

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    The document provides examples and explanations of how to use the simple past and past continuous tenses in English. It gives the positive, negative, and interrogative forms of both tenses and then provides sample sentences to illustrate their uses. Some key uses of the simple past outlined include talking about completed actions in the past and actions that were completed by a specific time. Uses of the past continuous include actions that were ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the past or as background to another past action. The document provides exercises for learners to practice forming sentences using both tenses correctly.

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    Simple past form 1

    Positive forms Negative forms interrogative forms


    I worked I did not work Did I work ?
    You worked You did not work Did you work?
    He worked He did not work Did he work?
    She worked She did not work Did she work?
    It worked It did not work Did it work?
    We worked We did not work Did we work?
    You worked Youdid not work Did you work ?
    They worked Theydid not work Did they work?
    Simple past examples & uses 2

    •a) I heard the news an hour ago.


    • We didn't go away for a holiday
    last year.
    • He arrived here last Tuesday.
    • Did you go out yesterday?
    Simple past examples & uses 3

    a)With yesterday - last


    week/month etc.- on Monday etc.-
    in 1975 etc.
    • - ...ago etc.(for a past
    action at a known time.
    Simple past EXAMPLES & uses 4
    •b) It was raining when we left
    the cinema.

    •b) With continuous past + when


    etc.
    Simple past EXAMPLES & uses 5
    • c)If I had a car, I'd drive to
    France.

    •c) In conditional type 2


    Simple past examples & uses 6

    •d) He said that it was cold


    ("It's cold.")

    d) In reported speech.
    Simple past EXAMPLES &uses 7
    • e) I wish I had a car.
    • It's time we went home.
    • I'd rather you didn't do that.

    • e) With expression like I wish.../


    It's time.../ I'd rather...
    Simple past exercise 1

    A / Complete these sentences using the


    verbs in the simple past .
    •1 : Yesterday evening I (watch )
    television .
    •2 : When I was a child I ( want ) to be a
    doctor.
    Simple past correction exercise 1

    A / Complete these sentences using


    the verbs in the simple past .
    •1 : Yesterday evening I watched
    television .
    •2 : When I was a child I wanted to
    be a doctor
    Simple past exercise 2

    •B / Complete these sentences with the


    verb in the negative
    •1 : I saw John but I (not see ) Mary .
    •2 : She had a pen but she ( not have )
    any paper .
    Simple past correction exercise 2

    •B / Complete these sentences with


    the verb in the negative
    •1 : I saw John but I did not see Mary
    .
    •2 : She had a pen but she did not
    have any paper .
    Simple past EX 3

    •C / Put this sentence into


    interrogative form .
    •1: I met sombody who……………?
    Simple past correction EX 3

    •C / Put this sentence into


    interrogative form .
    •1: I met sombody. who did you
    meet ?
    Past continuous form 1
    Affirmative form Negative form Interrogative form
    I was working I was not working Was I working ?
    You were working You were not working Were you working ?
    He was working He was not working Was he working?
    She was working She was not working Was she working?
    It was working It was not working Was it working?
    We were working We were not working Were we working?
    You were working You were not working Were you working
    They were working They were not working Were they working?
    CONTINUOUSCONTINUOUS
    PAST CONTINUOUS 2
    examples & uses
    PAST EXAMPLES & uses
    • a) While /AS we were playing
    tennis last Sunday, it began to rain.
    • I dropped a glass yesterday,
    while I was drying it .
    CONTINUOUS
    PAST EXAMPLES & uses3
    • Use :
    • a) With while - as soon as - when etc. to
    indicate that an activity was in pro-
    gress in the past when another
    activity occured.
    CONTINUOUS
    PAST examples & uses 4
    • b) While Betty was cooking the lunch
    yesterday, her husband was water-
    ing the garden and her children
    were doing their homework.
    CONTINUOUS
    PAST examples & uses 5
    •Use :b) With while etc. for two
    or more activities that were in
    progress at the same time in the
    past
    CONTINUOUS
    PAST examples & uses 6
    •c) He said that it was raining.
    ("It's raining.")

    Use : c) In reported speech.


    Past continuous exercises 1

    •Put the following verbs into past continuous


    .
    •1: A : What (you do ) at 11 yesterday ?
    • B : I ( to work )
    •2 : I woke up early yesterday . It was a beautiful
    morning .The sun ( shine )and the birds ( sing )
    Past continuous correction ex 1
    •Put the following verbs into past continuous
    .
    •1: A : What were you doing at 11 yesterday ?
    • B : I was working
    •2 : I woke up early yesterday . It was a beautiful
    morning .The sun was shining )and the birds
    were singing .
    Simple past / past continuous exercises 1
    put the verbs in brackets in simple past or past
    continuous .
    • 1 : Yesterday at this time she ( not be ) at home . She
    ( be ) at the sports club .She ( play ) tennis .
    • 2 : It ( not rain ) when we ( go) out .
    • 3 : While the teacher ( explain ) the students ( listen)
    • 4 : While I ( walk ) along the street I ( see ) an old
    friend .
    Simple past / past continuous corr ex 1
    put the verbs in brackets in simple past or past
    continuous .
    • 1 : Yesterday at this time she was not at home . She
    was at the sports club .She was playing tennis .
    • 2 : It was not raining when we went out .
    • 3 : While the teacher was explaining the students were
    listening .
    • 4 : While I was walking along the street yesterday I saw
    an old friend .
    Simple past / past continuous exercises 2

    •Yesterday , my friends ( go ) to Jamaa


    l fna. While they ( wander ) all round , a
    man ( call) them and ( give ) them a
    box.
    Simple past / Past continuous
    correction ex 2
    •Yesterday , my friends went to Jamaa
    l fna. While they were wandering all
    round , a man called them and gave
    them a box.

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