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VERBS IN

PAST

PAST SIMPLE

PAST CONTINUOUS

REGULAR VERBS

ends in

IS USED TO TALK ABOUT COMPLETED ACTIONS THAT HAPPENED AT A FIXED TIME IN THE PAST.

use

use

IS USED IN ENGLISH TO TALK ABOUT ACTIONS OR EVENTS THAT WERE IN PROGRESS AT SOME TIME IN THE PAST.

IRREGULAR VERBS

in past

- ED

CHANGED

is structured

is structured

SUBJECT + VERB - ED + ...

SUBJECT + WAS/WERE + [ VERB - ING] + ...

there are

there are

AFFIRMATIVES

NEGATIVES

INTERROGATIVES

AFFIRMATIVES

NEGATIVES

INTERROGATIVES

WAS

I

HE

SHE

IT

WE

YOU

THEY

°Walter WASHED his car on Tuesday

°I WENT to the zoo last week

examples

USE "DID NOT" OR "DIDN´T" + PLUS BASE FROM OF THE MAIN VERB

USE "DID" + THE BASE FROM THE VERB TO ASK A QUESTION

°You DIDN´T LIKE the beach

°DID you READ a book

example

examples

WE USE TO CONFIRM EVENTS OR ACTIVITIES THAT WERE TAKING PLACE IN THE PAST

DENY EVENTES AND ACTIVITIES THAT WERE TAKING PLACE IN THE PAST. USUALLY WE INTENTED TO SHOW THAT THEY LASTED A LONG TIME

ASK ABOUT EVENTS OR ACTIVITIES THAT WERE TAKING PLACE IN THE PAST.

A LONG ACTION INDEVELOPMENT IN THE PAST INTERRUMPTED BY A SHORTER ONE.

examples

examples

examples

ACTIONS, SITUATIONS AND EVENTS, THAT OCURRED AND ENDED IN THE PAST.

°I WAS EATING

°They WERE WATCHING

°I WASN´T EATING

°They WEREN´T EATING

°WAS I EATING?

°WERE They WATCHING?

WERE