Past Simple and Continuous

What were you doing …
8am yesterday
4.30 pm yesterday
midnight last night
12pm yesterday
9pm last night
7am this morning
I was sleeping at 8am yesterday.
We use Past Continuous to talk about the actions in the progress in the past
I / he / she / it + was + Ving
we / you / they + were + Ving

Past Simple
We use Past Simple to talk about the single action happened at the specific time in the past
regular verbs
irregular verbs
+ subject + Ved
He played football yesterday.
subject + didn’t + V
I didn’t play football yesterday.
+ subject + past simple of V
He forgot about her birthday.
subject + didn’t + V
I didn’t forget about her birthday.

Match the two halves of the sentences
He was having a bath
She left the house
I was cooking while
She was sleeping at 6 pm
Tom was reading.
when the phone rang
yesterday afternoon.
at about 7 pm yesterday.

Match the two halves of the sentences
He was having a bath when the phone rang.
She left the house at about 7 pm yesterday.
I was cooking while Tom was reading.
She was sleeping at 6 pm yesterday afternoon.

Действие произошло в определенный момент в прошлом
She left the house at about 7 pm yesterday.
Past Simple
Yesterday, I ……. breakfast with my mum. (have)
Last summer I …….. to Italy. (go)
I ………………… Mr Black at school at 5pm last Sunday. (see)
My grandma ……………………. her leg last week. (break)
My father ……………….. the trees in our garden last weekend (water)

Действие было в процессе в определенное время в прошлом
She was sleeping at 6 pm yesterday afternoon.
PastСont
At 8 am yesterday I …………………….. breakfast.
At 8pm last night Mario ……………………….. his homework. He ……………….. computer games!
I …………………….. the football match on TV at 9 o’clock yesterday.
We ……………………….. London this time last year.
watch not/do have visit play

Два действия происходили в определенное время в прошлом одновременно
I was cooking while Tom was reading.
PastСont
PastСont
в то время как
While the children ………………….. (swim) their parents …………………….. (eat) hamburgers.
The phone …………………. (ring) while David …………………… (have) a shower.
While Emma ………………… (drive) home, she ………………….. (listen) to music in a car.
Her brother …………………… (read) the newspaper while she …………………… (watch )TV.

Одно действие происходило в определенное время в прошлом, но оно было прервано другим действием
He was having a bath when the phone rang.
PastСont
PastSimple
когда
1. GO / SEE
I ………………………… to work when I ………………………. an accident.
2. HAVE / START
Sarah and Kate ………………….. a drink when two men …………………. to fight.
3. SIT / COME
Harry …………………. on the sofa when his wife ……………………… home
4. MEET / WEAR
When I …………………… Rob, he …………………………. a black suit.