Titolo Della Lezione: Past Continuous Tense And Past Simple Tense

Titolo della lezione: Past Continuous Tense and Past Simple Tense

Past Continuous Tense and Past Simple Tense

Past Continuous/1 Person Singular

Question

Positive Answer

First

Where was I last night?

I was watching the TV at home.

Second

Where were you yesterday at 9:00 a.m.?

I was playing golf.

Third

Where was he/she on Tuesday morning?

He/She was working in his/her office.

Past Continuous/2 Person Plural

Question

Positive Answer

First

Where were we living in 1983?

We were living in Toronto.

Second

Where were you working in 1999?

You were working in the Boston Branch.

Third

Where were they living when their son graduated?

They were living in York at that time.

Present Continuous – Past Continuous

Present Continuous

Past Continuous

I’m working in the London office this month.

I was working in the London office last month.

He isn’t staying at the Palace Hotel. She isn’t working today.

He wasn’t staying at the Palace Hotel. She wasn’t working yesterday.

It’s raining at the moment.

Luckily, it wasn’t raining at the time.

We aren’t working on accounts this morning.

We weren’t working on accounts that morning.

They aren’t visiting their parents.

They weren’t visiting their parents.

Orthography of Gerund

give = giving

write = writing

Verbs :

have = having

type = typing

-e

bake = baking tie = tying

verbs:

lie = lying

- ie

pay = paying

cry = crying

Verbs:

play = playing

try = trying

-y

read = reading

climb = climbing

work = working

wash = washing

Verbs: ending in consonants

Past Simple – Past Continuous

Past

ƒ Actions or situations concluded in the past.

Simple

1 At 10:00 last night Bill came home. When he entered the house... 2 Bob visited the Sydney office last week. When he arrived ...

Past

ƒ Actions or situations in progress in the past.

Continuous

1 From 9-10 last night Anne was watching her favourite TV programme. Anne was switching off the television. 2 It was raining cats and dogs and he couldn’t find a taxi.