Intermediate course : Intermediate course Day-4
Revision exercise : Revision exercise
The past simple tense: uses : The past simple tense: uses To talk about the single past completed actions. Often the time is mentioned
To give a series of actions in the order that they happened
To talk about past repeated actions
To talk about long term situations in the past which no longer exist
Rules : Rules Verb + ed or(d) he worked for the police
Did not + verb she didn’t work for the police
Did --+verb? Did they work for the police?
There are irregular verbs: went(go), came(come), wrote(write),
The past continuous tense uses: : The past continuous tense uses: To provide the background scene to an action or event (usually in the past simple). We often use the words like while, when and as:
When we want to emphsize the activity without focusing on its completion
Rules : Rules Was/were +verb +ing she was watching the news
Was/were not +verb +ing they wren’t watching the news
Was/were ---+ verb +ing? Were you watching the news?
Used to and would : Used to and would We used to or would : to talk about past repeated actions
Would is unusual in the negative form in yes/no questions
We do not use would with state verbs.
Activity for used to and would : Activity for used to and would Easy English book page number 12
Speaking assignment : Speaking assignment Tell me about the past incident in your life by using the past simple and past continuous tense