Past Simple &

Past Continuous Tense

Dias Agata, S.S., M.Pd.
Electronic Engineering Polytechnic
Institute of Surabaya
Past Simple
 WAS / WERE FORM
Affirmative & Negative

I
He was/wasn’t at school yesterday.
She
It

We
You were/weren’t at the beach last week.
They
 QUESTION FORM

Yes, she was hungry.

I
Yes, she was.
He hungry?
Was
She No, she wasn’t hungry.
It No, she wasn’t.

We at the theatre Yes, we were.

Were You last weekend? No,we weren’t.
They
 REGULAR / IRREGULAR VERBS
AFFIRMATIVE FORM

I
You worked in the garden yesterday.
He
danced at the party last night.
She
It carried the heavy box.
We
You bought new shoes.
They
 NEGATIVE FORM

I
You didn’t play tennis last weekend.
He
She
didn’t clean the windows.
It
We
You didn’t go the dentist.
They
 QUESTION FORM

I
You
He
She find your umbrella?
Did
It
We Yes, I found my umbrella.
You Yes, I did.
No, I didn’t find my umbrella.
They No, I didn’t.
Transform the Sentences
into Past Simple!

1. She is at the park now.

2. They go to hospital to see
the doctor.

(Mind the adverb of time!)

 She is at the park now.

(+) She was at the park yesterday

(-) She was not at the park yesterday

(?) Was she at the park yesterday?

They go to hospital to see
the doctor.

(+) They went to hospital to see the

doctor last night.
(-) They did not go to hospital to see
the doctor last night.
(?) Did they go to hospital to see the
doctor last night?
 REMEMBER

Why do we use Simple Past Tense?

Completed actions in the past.

My mom made some pancake for us yesterday.

A series of completed actions in the past.

I finished my work, walked to the beach,
and found a nice place to swim.
Fill in the blanks with
the correct form of verbs!

baked
1)Minnie________(bake) a huge cake for Mickey’s
birthday party.(+)
broke
2)John________(break) a window while he was
playing football.(+)
Did you_____(ask)
3)_____ ask a question during the
lesson(?)
didn’t have
4)They __________(have) a picnic at the
weekend(-)
Were they at the party last night(?)
5)_____
 Fill in the blanks with
the correct form of verbs!

made
6)My mother________(make) a sandwich for me.
(+)

7)He _____ didn’t go

was ill so he ___________(go) to school
yesterday.(+,-)

bought
8)He _______(buy) an expensive car last year.(+)

Did
9) ______she clean (clean) the house at the
_______
weekend(?)
didn’t listen
10)Students __________(listen) to the teacher. (-)
GOOD ENOUGH?

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Write on your book!
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Past Continuous
 Past Continuous: Three Uses
• Use 1: Past actions that were in progress at a particular time in
the past; actions that were not yet finished at a past time

Pablo’s Schedule
8 – 9: had breakfast
9 – 10: finished his
homework
10 – 11: read the
newspaper
11 – 12: ate lunch
12 – 2: watched soccer
match on TV
2 – 5: took a nap
Past Continuous, continued
• Use 2: Two (or more) actions that were in
progress in the past at the same time

• Use while
• Examples:

Sorry, I wasn’t listening to you while you were

talking.

While I was reading, he was writing.

Past Continuous, continued

• Use 3: Describe and set the scene;

tell what was happening or in
progress when something else
happened or interrupted a past in-
progress action
• Examples:
Car accident
Broken bone
A Crime
Form: Using past and past
continuous together
• Use past continuous
to say what was in
progress
I was crossing the
street …
• Use simple past for
the interrupting
action
when the driver ran the
red light.
 More Examples:

We were watching the news when

the announcer made a special live
report.

I was trying to study when you

called.
GOOD ENOUGH?

Let’s Practice!
Past Time Using Time Clauses
Past Simple VS Past Progressive