the simple past and past continous tense

The simple past tense

1.(+) affirmative sentences : S+ V PAST+(O)

Examples:  Lina studied english an hour ago

                  May parents lived here in the 1990s

2.(-) Negative sentences : S+Did not +V base+ (O)

Examples : Lina Did not study English an hour ago

           May parents did not live here in the 1990s

3.(?) Interrogative sentences : Did + S+V BASE+(O)+?

Examples: Did Lina study english an hour ago?

           Did your pareents live here in the 1990s?

Sometimes a sentences doesn’t have a verb,It has a noun ,an adjective or an adjective or an adverb.

For this sentences ,use to be : was/were

1.(+ ) affirmative sentences : S+was/were+N/Adj/adv.+ (adv. Of time)

Examples: Andri was here some hours ago

                 Mr.tony was a teacher when he was young

          The children were students of this school

2.(-) Negative sentences : S+was/were+Not+N/Adj/adv.+ (adv. Of time)

 Examples: Andri was not here some hours ago

                  Mr.tony was not a teacher when he was young

            The children were not  students of this school

3.(?) Interrogative sentences : Was/were+ S+ +N/Adj/adv.+ (adv. Of time)

Examples: Was  andri here some hours ago?

                 Was Mr.tony a teacher when he was young?

            Were The children students of this school ?

Regular verbs

In regular verbs, the verbs end in-ed. Pay attention to the following rules.

1.verbs end in.. -e (add-d) >>

Ex: smile -> smiled

                Locate->located

2.consonant +-y (change –y to-i,then add-ed>> deny->denied

                                         Study->studied

3. vowel+ consonant (not –w otr y) double the consonant ,then add-ed

rob->robbed

beg->begged

4. anything including –w (add-ed ) >> knock -> knocked

                                    Borrow->borrowed

Irregular verbs

The verbs usually do not end in –ed

Ex: build->built

       Fly->flew

Meanwhile there some verbs past which are similar to their verbs base.

Ex:broadcast-> broadcast

      Hit->hit

       

The past continous tense

The sentences uses the past continius tense. It is used:

1.To talk about an action which was in progress at a ceratain time in the past

S+ (was/were+V-Ing+....) adv of time

Examples : mirna was writing a novel at about 7 p.m last night

           The students were having a geograpy class 11 a.m yesterday

2.To talk aboyt two actionsa that occurred at the same time.One action began earlier and was in progrss when the other action occurred

Example: the children were having lunch when their mother came home

Meaning :the children Had lunch when their mother came home ,

Meaning : The children had lunch,then their mother came home. A fter that,the children probabbly still had lunch.

While/when +S1 pat continius tense + S2+Simple past

Examples :

While I was sleepping the phone rang

When mr.jono was having a meeting a blast aound was heard

S1+Past continus +when _S2+Simplepast

We was listening to the CD when someone knocked on the door

The teacher was explaining the lesson when the blackout happend

We can use when/while with the past continius tense,ut we can only use when before the simple past tense

3.To talk about two long actions that were in the progress simultaneously

Example: I was studying, y mother was cooking

Meaning :studying needs much time,cooking also needs much time. They are considered as inthe same lenghth of time

While/when +S1 pat continius tense + S2+paast continus tense

While mrs. Joe was cleaning the garden Mr.joe was plowing his field.

While the children were practicing singing the teenagers were preparing for a drama