GERARDO BARRIOS UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF SCIENCIES AND HUMANITIES

SUBJECT:
INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH l
TOPIC:
ON GOING EVENTS, PAST HABITS, AND PAST ACTIVITIES

STUDENTS MEMEBERS’ NAMES:

BELTRAN RODRIGUEZ, KATHERINE ROSEMARY
VASQUEZ COREAS, BYRON ALEXIS

TEACHER’S NAME:
FREDY OMAR GONZALEZ HERNANDEZ
MAJOR:
BACHELOR DEGREE IN ENGLISH

FEBRUARY, 2019
SAN MIGUEL, EL SALVADOR, CENTROAMERICA
 INTRODUCTION
This report provides information obtained of the use of past simple, past continuous,
and used to . This report will present attention about when we use them, the correct
use of them, and how used for tell past activities, and past habits. The report will
comment on the grammatical structure of them and will explain each one.
 OBJECTIVE
After learning about on going events, past habits and past activities students will be
able to use them in the specific time, the difference between them and the correct
use of the times.
SIMPLE PAST
The simple past tense, sometimes called the preterite, is used to talk about a
completed action in a time before now. The simple past is the basic form of past
tense in English. The time of the action can be in the recent past or the distant past
and action duration is not important.
Affirmative
Subject+ verb + ed
I skipped.
Negative
Subject+ did not+ infinitive without to
They didn't go.
Interrogative
Did+ subject + infinitive without to
Did she arrive?
Interrogative negative
Did not+ subject+ infinitive without to
Didn't you play?
PAST CONTINUOUS
The past progressive is a past tense which emphasizes the ongoing nature of the
action described. It is formed by using the auxiliary "to be" with the present
participle:

Affirmative
Subject Auxiliary Verb (present participle)
I was sleeping

Negative
Subject Auxiliary not Verb (present participle)
I was not sleeping

Interrogative
(Question word) Auxiliary Subject Verb (present participle)
Where was I sleeping when George arrived?
USED TO
Used to expresses the idea that something was an old habit that stopped in the past.
It indicates that something was often repeated in the past, but it is not usually done
now.
Affirmative.
Always used in "ed" form: used to + infinitive:
I used to go to the zoo a lot when I was child.

Question forms.
The question form can take auxiliary did or without did. Note the infinitive form use
to with auxiliary did:
1) Did + subject + use to + infinitive?
2) Used + subject + to + infinitive?
Did you use to play Monopoly?
Used you to play Monopoly?

Negative forms.
Like the question form, the negative also has two possible forms. The did not
structure is less formal:
1) Subject + did not + used to + infinitive.
2) Subject + used not to + infinitive (also: usedn't as a contracted form).
I didn't use to study very hard at school.
I used not to (usedn't) study very hard at school.
 CONSLUSION
Know about the times, past simple, past continuous and used to is important because
we can easily handle English language if we know the correct grammar of them. We
can also communicate easily with friends and relatives finally, learning the grammar
of them is very important in today's life for communicate and express going events,
past habits and past activities.
What did we learn about the topic?
We learn about the correct use of the times for tell past habits, going events and past
activities and we understood the import to know the correct grammar of them.