PAST SIMPLE AND CONTINIOUS

PAST SIMPLE AND CONTINIOUS

1. PAST SIMPLE

   • ---After a final e only add d. Example: love – loved. ---Final consonant after a short, stressed vowel or l as final consonant after a vowel is doubled. Example: admit – admitted travel – travelled. final y after a consonant becomes i hurry – hurried
   • ---Positive: Pronom + adjective. ---Negative: Pronom + did not + adjective. ---Interrogative: Did + Pronom + speak
   • The simple past expresses an action in the past taking place once, never, several times. It can also be used for actions taking place one after another or in the middle of another action.

2. PAST CONTINOUS

   • como se hace? usos paraules (yesterday)
   • When, while, as long as
   • Positive: Pronom + was, were + ing. Negative: Pronom + was, were + did not + ing. Question: was, were + Pronom + ing
   • Past continuous is something that was happening