Past Simple And Past Continuous English Grammar Worksheet - E. Landrou - University Of The Aegean Page 5
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Past Simple
• We use the Past Simple when we are talking about an event that happened at a particular
time in the past and finished.
We arrived home before dark.
The film started at seven thirty.
• Phrases used often with Past Simple:
ago, yesterday, last year/month/week, the day before yesterday
Form
Positive statements
Negative statements Wh- questions
Regular verbs
I
did not (didn't)
What
did you
I / you / he / she / it / we /
watch
/ I
did not
watch? / Where
they
watched
(didn't) go
did you
go?
Irregular verbs
I / you etc.
went / ate / had
(See table: Irregular verbs)
Yes / No questions
Positive short answers Negative short
answers
Did
you
watch
it?
I
did.
I
didn't.
Yes,
No,
Did
you
go
home
then?
*Regular verbs: We add –ed to the infinitive or –d if the infinitive ends with an –e.
work + ed = worked, arrive + ed = arrived
**Irregular verbs: Some verbs are irregular, e.g. buy → bought. See pages 6-7 for a list of irregular
verbs.
Past Continuous
• We use the Past Continuous when we are talking about something which
happened before and after a specific time in the past OR before and after another action in
the past.
It was just after ten. I was watching the news on TV.
He broke his leg when he was playing rugby.
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