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GOOD MORNING SUPER HEROS!! 
Today we are reviewing the two past: Simple and Continuous.

PAST  S I M PLE : remember, verbs change for the past:

A ) Regular Verbs:= + "-ed" or  "d",at the end of the verb, e.g.: call – called, save-saved

B ) Irregular Verbs: NO “ed”, but different forms fo every irregular verb:see – saw, go - went

We use SIMPLE PAST FOR:

1.    ACTIONS IN THE PAST HAPPENING ONE AFTER ANOTHER:

She came home, switched on the computer and checked her e-mails.

2.    MENTIONING AN ACTION THAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST:

Tom played football yesterday. I was here last summer

IMPORTANT!!

Today is not the past, NEVER say: “Today I went to...” because today is present.J

The correct verb is: “Today I have gone. This morning (=today) I have bought a pen”

PAST   CONTINUOUS

F o r m = to be  in  past + gerund= I / He / she was going,  We/you/they were doing

1.    A NEW ACTION HAPPENED IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ACTION:

My phone rang while I was sitting in a meeting,

or: it rang when you were dancing/ coming, etc.

2.    SOME ACTIONS TOGETHER HAPPENING: He was playing while Dan was  singing.

3.    THE ACTION WAS HAPPENING  AT A TIME: Yerterday at 6PM I was playing chess.

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or past continuous).

1.    When I (do)  the washing-up, I (break)  a plate.

2.    While Tom (play)  the piano, his mother (do)  the washing-up.

3.    He (drink)  some juice and then he (eat)  a few chips.

4.    I (have)  dinner when I suddenly (hear)  a loud bang.

5.    When my father (work)  in the garden, an old friend (pass)  by to see him.

6.    She (go)  to school, (take)  out her textbook and (begin)  to learn.

7.    When it (start)  to rain, our dog (want)  to come inside.

8.    When Jane (do)  a language course in Ireland, she (visit)  Blarney Castle.

9.    When I (be)  on my way home, I (see)  an accident.

10.  I (not / understand)  what they (talk)  about.