Universidad Central del Ecuador Facultad de Filosofía Escuela de Idiomas TEMA: SIMPLE PAST VS. PAST CONTINUOUS. Curso Quinto Semestre “A” INTEGRANTES • Grace Cadena •Carolina Velecela •Zulema Toscano Freire
Universidad Central del EcuadorFacultad de FilosofíaEscuela de Idiomas
TEMA:SIMPLE PAST VS. PAST CONTINUOUS.
CursoQuinto Semestre “A”
INTEGRANTES
• Grace Cadena• Carolina Velecela
• Zulema Toscano Freire
PAST CONTINUOUS
SIMPLE PAST
VS
SIMPLE PAST
PAST CONTINUOUS
It is used to talk about actions or situations in the past that have already been finished.
She played with her friend
It is used to describe actions that are in progress or that haven’t finished yet
She is playing with her friend
SIMPLE PAST• Tommy and Carlitos played with a ball.
PAST CONTINUOUS• Tommy and Carlitos were enjoying their vacations.
EXAMPLES
Past Continuous + Simple Past
I was sleeping when the alarm rang
1st action 2nd action
Interrupts
Rinnnnn….!!!!
We can join these two actions with when:
I was watching TV when The light went out
We can use:
when + short action (simple past tense) while + long action (past continuous
tense)
1. I was watching TV 2.The light went out
There are four basic combinations:WITH WHEN:
She was walking WHEN it started to rain.WHEN it started to rain, she was walking.
WITH WHILE:•He arrived WHILE we were eating.•WHILE we were eating, he arrived .
COMPLETE THE SENTENCES:
•We were playing tennis when _____ _______.
• While ___ ___ ______ , my mom arrived.
• I was driving my car ____ the ____ ____ changed.