IES LA ARBOLEDA 2009-2010

PASADO SIMPLE Y PASADO CONTINUO

1.- PASADO CONTINUO. FORMACIN.

El pasado continuo se forma con el pasado del verbo to be + - Ving

I Was Negativa: I was not (wasnt) working hard

You Were Interrogative : Were you working hard?
He
She Was working hard.
It
We
You Were
They

PRACTICE

1.- Fill in the Past Continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

a) We couldnt play yesterday. The rain ______________ (fall) heavily all day long.
b) What ____________( you, do) when I called you last night?
c) While Rooney __________ ( study) for his exam, Sandra____________ (watch) TV
d) I ___________ (go) to the library when it started to snow.
e) Who ____________ (drive) when police stopped you?
f) They _________ (not, talk) about that. They _________ ( play) video games instead
g) Why _____________ ( you, not, pay) attention while I __________ (explain) the
grammar structure?

3.- USOS DEL PASADO SIMPLE Y PASADO CONTINUO

PASADO SIMPLE:
1.- Acciones que ocurrieron en el pasado en su momento y que no tienen continuidad
en el presente. (Accin acabada en un periodo de tiempo acabado)
Last year I went to lots of pop concerts
2.- Acciones que ocurren consecutivamente en una secuencia de hechos.
I opened the door and I saw all my friends outside. They wanted to
congratulate me on my graduation.

PASADO CONTINUO:
1.- Acciones que duraron cierto tiempo en el pasado.
We were working hard last weekend
2.- Acciones que estaban ocurriendo a la vez en el tiempo. Normalmente introducidas
por las conjunciones While / as (mientras)
While we were having coffee, the kids were playing in the playground
3.- Accin que estaba sucediendo en el pasado y se ve interrumpida por otra accin.
They were going on their way home when it started to rain heavily
PRACTICE

1.- Fill in the Past Simple or Past Continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

a) When I __________ (get) home, everybody _____________ ( watch) TV

b) Why ____________ (you. decide) to stay at home on Friday?
c) Strong winds ___________ (blow) all day.
d) Nobody __________ (heard) anything while we ___________ (sleep).
e) As she _______ (describe) her feelings, I _____ (begin) to understand everything
f) Why _________ (you, tell) her those nasty words last night?
g) He___________ (skip) his classes and ___________ (lie) to all of us.

The whole family ________ (sit) at the table when they________ (hear) the news

EXPRESIONES TEMPORALES EN AMBOS TIEMPOS.

A week ago; a month ago, a year ago, some minutes ago, a long time ago.
last week, last month, last year, last night, last Tuesday.
yesterday, the day before yesterday,
while

PAST CONTINUOUS.- Translate into English

1.- Estuve trabajando el domingo ..

2.- Nosotros estbamos viendo la tele ayer, cuando Mariah vino

3.- Mis padres estuvieron cocinando ayer

4.- La semana pasada estuve estudiando

5.- Mientras yo estaba durmiendo, Juan estaba jugando al ajedrez

6.- Ellos estuvieron leyendo el peridico anoche

7.- Patricia estaba andando cuando vio el accidente

8.- Sara estaba descansando mientras Luis haca sus deberes

9.- Mi amiga estuvo aprendiendo ingls el ao pasado

10.- Mientras mi madre haca la compra mi padre haca las tareas de la casa