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GRAMMAR: Past Simple and Past Continuous

Imagine that you talk to your friend who has just come back from a holiday in Bulgaria. What questions would you ask him? Complete the questions with was or did.

1. How ....... it? was Dobrze did Źle 2. ..... you like the food? Did Dobrze Was Źle 3. ..... you drink Bulgarian wine? Was Źle Did Dobrze 4. ...... it cheap? Was Dobrze Did Źle

5. ...... you swim in the sea? Was Źle Did Dobrze 6. ...... you make friends? Was Źle Did Dobrze 7. ..... you buy anything? Was Źle Did Dobrze 8. What ..... you buy? Was Źle Did Dobrze

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To form questions and negatives in the simple past we use did or didn’t + infinitive. Look at the examples below.

QUESTIONS

Did you talk to the manager?

Did you swim?

Did you drink wine?

NEGATIVES

I didn’t talk to anyone.

John didn’t swim.

We didn’t drink wine.

In statements in the simple past we use regular verbs with –ed:

I talked to the manager.

or irregular verbs in their past forms:

I swam in the sea.

We drank a lot of wine.

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Now read this dialogue.

Tim: So how did you get back home last night? Any adventures on the way?

Jack: I simply walked. It was only 15 minutes. Nice and quiet.

Tim: You were lucky then. I wanted to walk home as well but while I was walking I saw some guys fighting outside that bar so I took a taxi – thank God it was there – and got home safely. It was a bit expensive, though.

• Jack says: “I walked” in the simple past but Tim says: “I was walking” in the past continuous. Can you see why? Click on the explanation to see if you were right.

Jack was lucky – he walked all the way home without any trouble. His action was complete. Tim was less lucky – he wanted to walk but his action only started and it was interrupted by what he saw. So he never completed the action of walking home – in the middle of that action he took a taxi.

PAST CONTINUOUS

I/He/She/It	was	reading writing working
We/You/They	were

Look at some more examples showing the difference between the simple past and the past continuous.

I was watching TV when the phone rang.

I was walking to work when I met David.

While I was helping Tim with the luggage, I hurt my back.

Now look at this example. Can you see the difference between these two sentences? The children a chance to see the whole movie only in one of them. Can you guess in which one and why?

1.When the children arrived, we were watching a movie.

2.When the children arrived, we watched a movie.

• Click on the explanation to see if you were right.

In 2. First the children arrived and then we watched the movie. In 1 we had already started watching it before they arrived.

Make sure you remember the difference between these two tenses and now put the verbs into the correct form, past simple or past continuous.

1. When I last ............. (see) Jill, she ............... (look) for a job in Manchester.

saw / looked Źle

was seeing / looked Źle

saw / was looking Dobrze

was seeing / was looking Źle

2. When I ........... (be) young, I ............ (want) to be a fire fighter.

was / was wanting Źle

was being / wanted Źle

was being / was wanting Źle

was / wanted Dobrze

3. ......................... (you/go) out last night with David? No, I ............ (stay) at the hotel.

Did you go / Was staying Źle

Were you going / stayed Źle

Were you going / staying Źle

Did you go / stayed Dobrze

4. When she ...................... (cross) the street, she suddenly ............. (notice) a big truck.

was crossing / was noticing Źle

crossed / noticed Źle

crossed / was noticing Źle

was crossing / noticed Dobrze

5. How fast ................... (you/ski) when you .................. (hit) the tree?

were you skiing / were hitting Źle

did you ski / were hitting Źle

did you ski / hit Źle

were you skiing / hit Dobrze

6. ..................(you/see) your boss last week? No, he ......... (go) on a business trip.

Were you seeing / went Źle

Were you seeing / was going Źle

Did you see / was going Źle

Did you see / went Dobrze

7. When I .................. (arrive) at the school, my daughter ....................... (wait) for me.

was arriving / was waiting Źle

arrived / was waiting Dobrze

arrived / waited Źle

was arriving / waited Źle

8. While I ....... (write) on the blackboard and the kids ....................... (run) round the classroom, someone suddenly ................ (open) the door.

was writing / ran / was opening Źle

wrote / ran / was opening Źle

wrote / were running / was opening Źle

was writing / were running / opened Dobrze

was writing / were running / was opening Źle

was writing /ran / opened Źle

wrote / were running / opened Źle

wrote / ran / opened Źle

Now think of your own examples of such situations from the past when a longer activity was interrupted by something else happening. Use the ideas below to write 6 sentences.

LONG ACTIVITIES

having a bath/shower

shopping

driving

writing email messages

talking on the phone

lying on the beach

SUDDEN EVENTS

my boyfriend/girlfriend arrived

someone knocked on the door

my mobile rang

my coffee maker exploded

I met my ex

I heard a strange noise

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