KELAS 8 - PAST SIMPLE and PAST CONTINUOUS

PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS  I tried to give him some advice, but he wasn't listening.
 What were you doing this time last year?

PAST SIMPLE
The past simple shows us that an action was in the past, not in the present.
PAST CONTINUOUS AND PAST SIMPLE
 My parents called me yesterday. When we use these two tenses together, it shows us that the past simple
 I woke up early this morning. action happened in the middle of the past continuous action, while it was in
 Sam played basketball when he was at university. progress.
We make the negative with didn't and the infinitive verb.  While I was studying, I suddenly felt sleepy.
 My parents didn't call me yesterday. We often use these tenses to show an action interrupting another action.
 I didn't wake up early this morning.
 I broke my leg when I was skiing.
We make the question form with did and then the subject and infinitive  As I was going to work, I saw an old friend.
verb.  We were watching television when the power went off.
 Did you wake up early this morning? Can you see a difference in the meaning of these two sentences?
 Did Sam play basketball when he was at university?
 When the guests arrived, Jane was cooking dinner.
 When the guests arrived, Jane cooked dinner.
PAST CONTINUOUS
The past continuous shows us that the action was already in progress at a In the first one, Jane started cooking dinner before the guests arrived. We
certain time in the past. know that because it uses the past continuous. In the second sentence, the
guests arrived first and then Jane started cooking.
 What were you doing at 8 p.m. last night? I was studying.
Choose the correct verb tense.
This means that I started studying before 8 p.m. and I continued after 8 p.m.
1. I _____ work at 9 a.m. this morning. (started / was starting)
The past continuous can also show that an activity was in progress for some
time, not just for a moment. 2. This time last year I _____ at university. (studied / was studying)
 We were cleaning the house all morning. 3. Sarah hurt her ankle while she _____. (ran / was running)
We make the past continuous with was or were and the -ing form of the 4. I _____ your call because I was working. (missed / was missing)
verb.
5. While I was walking home, I _____ a new shop in the high street.
 She couldn't come to the party. She was working. (noticed / was noticing)
 Three years ago, we were living in my home town.
6. At 6 p.m. yesterday it _____ dark. (already got / was already getting) ______________________________________________________________
7. I saw you driving down Green Street yesterday! Where _____? (did you 4. Sam (plan) a party and then he (phone) his friends.
go / were you going)
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8. When we saw the crime, we _____ the police. (called / were calling)
5. While we (clean) the house, we (break) some glasses.
9. I _____ my new job yesterday. (started / was starting)
______________________________________________________________
10. What _____ at around 8 a.m. this morning? (did you do / were you
doing) 6. Alan (look) out of the window when he (see) a UFO.
11. While I was washing the dishes, I suddenly _____ a brilliant idea. (had / ______________________________________________________________
was having)
12. He didn't hear the phone ring. He _____ to really loud music. (listened /
was listening)
13. They _____ the shop when I got there, so I couldn't go in and buy
anything. (already closed / were already closing)
14. The teacher told us to stop what we _____. (did / were doing)
15. _____ what you were looking for in the library yesterday? (Did you find /
Were you finding)
16. When I heard the phone ring, I _____ it straight away. (answered / was
answering)
Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.
1. While I (drive), I (have) an accident.
______________________________________________________________
2. Kate (have) dinner and then she (do) her homework.
______________________________________________________________
3. The thieves (hide) in the kitchen when the police (come) in.

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PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS  I tried to give him some advice, but he wasn't listening.

 What were you doing this time last year?

1. While I (drive), I (have) an accident.

2. Kate (have) dinner and then she (do) her homework.

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