Simple past and Past continuous

For repeated actions in the past

• Simple past tense

• Past continuous

• Present Tense

• Present Continuous

Regular verbs in past simple add ???

• es

• ies

• ed

• ing

Subject + Verb (regular/ irregular) past + Complement

• Past tense Affirmative form

• Past Continuous Affirmative form

• Past simple Negative form

• Past continuous Negative form

Subject + didn´t + Verb + Complement

• Past Simple: Question Structure

• Past Simple: Negative Structure

• Past Continuous: Negative Structure

• Past Simple: Question Structure

Use to describe an interrupted activity which continued.

• Present

• Past Perfect

• past Simple

• Past Continuous

Subject + Was/Were + Verb –ing + Complement.

• Present simple: Affirmative form

• Present Progressive: Affirmative form

• Past Simple: Affirmative form

• Past Continuous: Affirmative form

Talk about two actions in the past, both happening over a period.

• Present Simple

• Past Simple

• Present Continuos

• Past Continuous

Translate into English:

Tommy estaba leyendo el periodico.

• Tommy was readding the newspaper

• Tommy reading the newspaper.

• Tommy was reading the newspaper.

• Tommy were reading the newspaper.

Translate into English:

Sara y Eli quebraron los platos.

• Sarah and Elly break the dishes

• Sarah and Elly was braking the dishes

• Sarah and Elly breaking the dishes

• Sarah and Elly broke the dishes

Translate into English:

El gato estaba durmiendo, cuando el perro ladro.

• The cat were sleeping, when the dog barked

• The cat was sleeping, when the dog barked.

• The cat is sleeping, when the dog bark.

• The car slept, when the dog barked