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1.5 Simple Past and Past Progressive Review

FP SY Simple Past Past Progressive
Jim left the party at 8:00 last night. Jim was driving home at 8:15.
Affirmative Statements
Jun and Kim stayed until 10:00. Jun and Kim were talking at 8:15.

Javier didn’t go to class yesterday. Sue wasn't taking notes.
Negative Statements He didn’t feel well.
We weren't texting during the class.

Did Jan read the news this morning? Was Tim reading at age five?
Yes/No Questions
Did you eat lunch yesterday? Were you eating lunch at 1:00?

Wh- Questions Where did you go last night? What were you doing at 8:00 last night?

Who or What as Subject Who went to the movie after class? Who wasn't paying attention in class?

1. Use the simple past for:
a. completed actions or events a. We ate lunch at noon.
b. repeated past actions that are not likely b. The twins played several games.
to happen again
c. a past state or feeling c. Nadia was sick yesterday.

2. Add -ed to most regular verbs to form the Regular: Rui played soccer yesterday,
simple past. For negative forms, use didn’t + but he didn’t play today.
the base form of the verb. Many common Irregular: | saw Marta, but! didn’t see Lori.
verbs are irregular* and co not end in -ed.

was watching TV |
3. Use the past progressive for an action or
event that was in progress: a ! y
T
a. at a specific time in the past 9:00 now
She was watching TV at 9:00. Now she’s asleep.
were driving

v

b. when another action or event broke down now
happened. The second action or event
may cause the action in progress to end. We were driving to the store, and our car broke down.

4.Remember: The progressive is not usually v/ | believed his story for a long time.
used with stative verbs. X | was believing his story for a long time.

“See pages A1-A2 for a list of spelling rules for the -ed and -ing forms of verbs.
“* See page A3 for a list of irregular verb forms.

4 Complete the exercises.

A Complete the stories about twins. Use the simple past or the past progressive.

Story 1

Our daughters, Carly and Tori, are twins. As children, Carly (1) __iliked (ike)

acting and Tori (2) CO (prrefer) baseball. One time, Carly (3)
(have) the part of Juliet in an upcoming production of Romeo and Juliet. Every day, Carly
(4) SSSSSSC(prractice) her lines for the school play, and Tori (5)
(play) catch nearby. But on the day of the performance, Carly (6) sO G=wake up)

20 PRESENT AND PAST: SIMPLE AND PROGRESSIVE
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