PAST TENSE VS PAST CONTINUOUS!!!

PAST SIMPLE& PAST CONTINUOUS

We often use the past simple to talk about a completed past events and the

past continuous to describe the situation that existed at the time. The

completed event might have interrupted the situation, or just occurred while the

situation or event was in progress.

• Regular Verb• Verbs End in e+d= smile+d------ smile

Verbs End in e+d= locate+d-------- located• Verbs End in consonant+y= i+ed= deny-------denied

Verbs End in consonant+y= i+ed= studey-----studied• Verbs End in vowel+sonsonat (not w or y)= double the

consonat, then+ ed= rob------robbed, stop------stopped• Verbs End in anything including-w+ ed= knock--------knocked,

borrow-------borrowed

• Irregular Verb• In irregular verbs, the verbs usuallydo not end in-edExamples= build------built, fly-------flew, keep------kept, fall-------

fell• Meanwhile, there are some verbs past which are similar to

their verbs base.Examples= Hit------hit, put-------put, cut-----cut, hurt------hurt,

let-----let Example Myth :Yamata no Orochi

PAST TENSE

• We often use the past simple to talk about a completed past events (menyatakan perbuatan atau kejadian yg dilakukan pd waktu lampau). Simple Past also show that an activity or situation began adn ended at a particular time in the past.

• Rumus(+) S+Verb II(-) S+ did not+ Verb I(?) Did+S+Verb I • Yang tidak memakai kata

kerja menggunakan Was/WereI,He,She,It,Name= WasThey,We,You= Were• Time Signal: Yesterday, the day

before yesterday, last week, last month, last year, two days ago, two months ago, two years ago.

PAST CONTINUOUS

• To talk about an action that was in progress (not finished) at a time in the past. (untuk menyatakan kejadian atau pekerjaan yang berlangsung pada waktu lampau). We also use P.C.T to talk about two long actions that were in progress simultaneously

• Rumus: (+) S+was/were+ Verb+ing(-) S+ was/were not+

Verb+ing(?) Was/were+S+vVerb+ingI,He,She,It,Name= WasThey,We,You= Were• Yang tidak mengunakan kata

kerja tambahkan being setelah to be past (was/were)

The Examples of past tense

• They played football yesterdaythey did not play football yesterday did they play football yesterday?

• Shinta sang a song justnowshinta did not sing a song justnowdid shinta sing a song justnow?

• Mother cooked rica-rica two days agomother didn’t cook rica” two days agodid mother cook rica” two days ago?

• I was late justnowI was not late justnowwas I late justnow?

• She was sick two days agoshe was not sick two days agowas she sick two days ago?

• We were here last weekWe were not here last weekWere we here last week?

The examples of past continuous

• I was studying when you phoned. I was not studing when you phonedWas I studying when you phoned?

• I was standing near the doorI was not standing near the door.Was I standing near the door?

• We were watching TV while father was reading news paper. -We were not watching TV while father was reading news paper. - were we watching TV while father was reading news paper?

• She was being happy when her mother arrived.-She was not being happy when her mother arrived.- was She being happy when her mother arrived?

TIME EXPRESSIONSPast Simple

YESTERDAY, I didn’t go to school…

LAST WEEK, we didn’t have lunch together… TWO DAYS

AGO, Maggie was ill…

IN 2007, Bart failed all the subjects…

IN THE 20th CENTURY, that didn’t happen…

TIME EXPRESSIONSPast ContinuousGrandad was sleeping yesterday AT 8 o’clock…

I was trying to fly WHEN it began to rain…

AS I was working, the police arrived…

WHILE Bart was playing, someone stole his money…

Moe was working WHILE Homer was skating…

It’s your turn…Past Simple or Continuous?

I_____(write) letters all day yesterday

A cigarette……(cause) the fire last week.

My mother……….(ask) me a lot of questions yesterday.

Their marriage……(end) in divorce.

What………you……..(do) when I phoned you yesterday?

You…….. (talk) on the phone for hours and hours.

was writing

caused

asked

ended

were you doing

were talking

were dancing.

was cooking dinner.

was driving home.

was not watching T.V.

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