Past Simple and Past Continuous

Past Simple and Past Continuous

Формирование предложения в Past Simple

Правильный глагол

+ He formed company in 1975.
- He didn’t form company in 1975
? Did he form company in 1975?

Формирование предложения в Past Simple

Неправильный глагол

+ He went to the shop yesterday.
He didn’t go to the shop yesterday.
? Did he go to the shop yesterday?

Формирование предложения в Past Simple

Глагол to be

+ He was at the shop yesterday.
He wasn’t at the shop yesterday.
? Was he at the shop yesterday?

Формирование предложения в Past Continuous

+ I was singing at 5 yesterday.
We were dancing at 5 yesterday

He wasn’t reading a book at 5 yesterday.
They weren’t watching TV at 5 yesterday.

? Was she playing the piano at 5 yesterday?
Were you sleeping at 11 yesterday?

Употребление Past Simple и Past Continuous

Past Simple
Употребляют, когда
описывают законченные
действия,произошедшие в прошлом
We moved to London last year.
I read a book yesterday.
He asked me a
question.

Past Continuous
Употребляют, когда опи –
сывают длительные дей -
ствия, произошедшие в
определенное время в
прошлом
At 5 yesterday he was reading.
We were riding bikes at 3 yesterday.

3 способа задать время для Past Continuous

Задать точное время в прошлом
At 1 o’clock we were sunbathing.
Совместить два длительных действия в прошлом
While I was washing up, he was watching TV.
Совместить длительное действие в прошлом с кратковременным действием
I was sleeping when the rain
started.