03 PI-REVIEW: Past Simple, and Past Continuous, Prepositions in time expressions

 03 PI-REVIEW: Past Simple, and Past Continuous, Prepositions in time expressions

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---------------------------------------*-------------------------------------- Present simple:

Positive -Use The Past Simple expresses a completed past action. We played tennis last Sunday. John left two minutes ago.

-Examples He walked 6,000 miles. We arrived in Maruda in 2010. He began his journey in 2008. I had a shower last night. -Negative We use didn't + infinitive without to for all persons. (didn't = did not)

-Examples When I saw the snake, I didn't move. We didn't have permission to be on their land. Ed didn't do the trip alone. They didn't understand Ed. You didn’t come to our meeting at CIL-UMSS -Question We use did + subject + infinitive without to for all persons. Short answer We use did or didn't in short answers. Did they finish the journey? Yes, they did. Did he do the trip alone? No, he didn't.

-Examples When did the journey begin? Why did you do it? Did you go to work yesterday? Yes, I did. Did it rain last night? No, it didn't. ------------------------------------ * ----------------------------

-Past Continuous -

was/were + verb -ing (present participle) Positive and negative -Use The Past Continuous expresses a past activity that has duration. I had a good time while I was living in Paris. The activity was in progress before and probably after a time in the past. At 8.00 last night we were watching TV.

-Examples We were walking in a dangerous part of the forest. I was lying in my hammock last night. He wasn't driving very fast. I wasn't waiting for very long.

-Question Short answer

We use was/wasn't or were/weren't in short answers.
Were you working yesterday? Yes, I was. / No, I wasn't.
Were you having a party last night? Yes, we were. / No, we weren't.

-Examples
What was Cho doing when he met Ed?
Where were they walking when they saw the tribe?
What were you doing at 8.00 last night?
Were you having a shower? Yes, I was.
Were they making a lot of noise? No, they weren't.

----------------------------------- *----------------------------- - Past Simple and Past Continuous

- The Past Simple expresses a completed action. The Past Continuous expresses an activity in progress. I washed my hair last night. (completed action) I was washing my hair when you phoned. (activity in progress) - A Past Simple action can interrupt a Past Continuous activity. When I phoned Simon, he was having a shower. I was doing my homework when Jane arrived. - In stories, the Past Continuous describes the scene and the Past Simple tells the action. The sun was shining and the birds were singing. We decided to go for a walk.

- Examples We were walking close to the river when I nearly stood on a snake. They were crossing the river when they saw five canoes. I was lying in my hammock. Monkeys were screaming in the trees. I took a sleeping pill and fell asleep. --------------------------- * ------------------------------ - Prepositions in time expressions

- We use time expressions to say when something happens.
We often use prepositions with time expressions.

at
six o'clock / midnight / Christmas / the weekend
in
2007 / the morning/ afternoon/ evening / summer / two weeks' time
on
Saturday / Monday morning / Christmas Day / January 18

- Some time expressions have no preposition.
tonight two weeks ago last month
yesterday evening this afternoon tomorrow morning - Examples
The journey finished in August, 2010.
I was lying in my hammock last night.
I fell asleep at 3.00 a.m.
My birthday is on June S.
She left university two years ago.