Grammar Rules
When do we use Past Simple?
To describe completed actions in the past.
I ___ (watch) TV yesterday evening.
I watched TV yesterday evening.
I was play football yesterday.
I played football yesterday.
What year did World War II end?
1945
When do we use Past Continuous?
To describe actions that were in progress at a specific time in the past or when another action interrupted them.
When I ___ (walk) to school, I ___ (see) my friend.
When I was walking to school, I saw my friend.
She didn’t was at home.
She wasn’t at home.
What famous ship sank in 1912?
Titanic
How do we form the Past Continuous (affirmative form)?
Subject + was/were + verb + -ing
She ___ (not/sleep) when you ___ (call) her.
She wasn’t sleeping when you called her.
They was talking when the bus arrived.
They were talking when the bus arrived.
What invention came first: the telephone or the light bulb?
The telephone
What’s the difference between:
“I was cooking dinner.” and “I cooked dinner.”
I was cooking dinner → action in progress at some moment.
I cooked dinner → action finished (completed event).
While we ___ (have) dinner, the lights ___ (go) out.
While we were having dinner, the lights went out.
When I saw him, he painted a picture.
When I saw him, he was painting a picture.
Which planet is known as the “Red Planet”?
Mars
Name 4 time markers for Past Simple and 4 for Past Continuous.
Past Simple: yesterday, last week, ago, in 2010
Past Continuous: while, when, at that moment, all evening
What ___ you ___ (do) when the teacher ___ (come) in?
What were you doing when the teacher came in?
While they watched TV, someone was knock at the door.
While they were watching TV, someone knocked at the door.
Who was the first person to step on the Moon?
Niel Armstrong