Past Simple / Past Continuous

Aquí tenéis un esquema básico de la formación y empleo del Pasado Simple y el Pasado Continuo (y una buena dosis de ejercicios, la mayoría online).

Past simple

Affirmative: S+INF+(e)d
Negative: S+didn’t+INF
Interrogative: did+S+INF?

El pasado simple se utiliza:
•Con acciones pasadas que tuvieron lugar en un momento determinado. Con este uso empleamos expresiones como: yesterday, last night, last week, last month, last year, two years ago…
We didn’t watch TV last night. Anoche no vimos la televisión.
•Narrar hechos pasados secuenciados.
Last Saturday, I went camping with my friends. We got up very early, packed lots of things in our rucksacks and set off at 7 a.m.
El sábado pasado me fui de acampada con mis amigos. Nos levantamos muy temprano, metimos un montón de cosas en las mochilas y salimos a las siete de la mañana

Past continuous

Affirmative: S+was/were+ING
Negative: S+wasn’t/weren’t+ING
Interrogative: was/were+S+ING?

El pasado continuo se utiliza para:
•Describir una actividad que se estaba desarrollando cuando ocurrió otra en un momento específico del pasado.
I cut myself with a knife while I was cooking. Me corté con un cuchillo mientras cocinaba.
•Describir dos acciones simultáneas. (El tiempo verbal equivalente en castellano suele ser el pretérito imperfecto).
Phil was riding his bike while his sister was swimming in the pool. Felipe montaba en bicicleta mientras su hermana nadaba en la piscina.

 

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EXERCISES

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Pasado simple:

• Ending -ed in the Simple Past – Crossword 1
• Ending -ed in the Simple Past – Crossword 2
• Ending -ed in the Simple Past – Exercise 1
• Simple Past – ending -ed – Exercise 2
• Positive statements in the Simple Past – Regular verbs – Exercise 1
• Rules – Simple Past – Exercise
• Positive statements in the Simple Past – Exercise 2
• Questions in the Simple Past – Exercise 1
• Questions in the Simple Past – Exercise 2
• Sentences and questions in the Simple Past – Exercise 1
• Sentences and questions in the Simple Past – Exercise 2
• Signal words in the Simple Past – Exercise
• Simple Past – Negation of sentences in English – Exercise 1 (verbs in bold)
• Simple Past – Negation of sentences in English – Exercise 2 (verbs in bold)
• Simple Past – Negation of sentences in English – Exercise 3
• More exercises:  [E1] [E2] [E1]

Pasado continuo:

• Negations in the Past Progressive – Exercise 1
• Negations in the Past Progressive – Exercise 2
• Past Progressive – Statements – Exercise 1
• Past Progressive – Statements – Exercise 2
• Questions in the Past Progressive – Exercise 1
• Questions in the Past Progressive – Exercise 2
• Sentences and questions in the Past Progressive – Exercise 1
• Sentences and questions in the Past Progressive – Exercise 2

Pasado simple vs. Pasado continuo:

• Simple Past or Past Progressive – Exercise 1
• Simple Past or Past Progressive – Exercise 2
• More exercises:  [E1]