Past Progressive & Simple Past

(a review)Unit 3, p. 31

What was happening?

In 1912, the Titanic was sailing the Atlantic Ocean.People were traveling on the Titanic.

Past progressive…

• Focuses on the duration of time• We often mention a specific past time• Talks about an event that was happening or in

progress in the past

Example: at 12:30, what were you doing?

Subject + was/were + (verb) –ing

In 1912, the Titanic was sailing on the Atlantic Ocean.People were traveling on the Titanic.

Past time clause:

• while goes with past progressive in a time clause.

– While I was eating lunch, my phone rang.– Jenny saw me when I was shopping at Hy-Vee.

while

• OR! – My phone rang while I was eating lunch.– While I was shopping at Hy-Vee, Jenny saw me.

What happened?

In 1912, the Titanic was sailing the Atlantic Ocean.

The Titanic hit an iceberg.

past progressive

simple past

Simple past:

• Shows a past event was finished.• An action stopped or interrupted another

action.– He was running. He fell.

What happened?

In 1912, the Titanic was sailing the Atlantic Ocean when it hit an iceberg.People were traveling on the Titanic when it hit an iceberg.

The Titanic hit an iceberg.

When the Titanic hit an iceberg in 1912, it was sailing the Atlantic Ocean.when the Titanic hit an iceberg, People were traveling on it.

When The Titanic hit an iceberg

past time clause

Handout: Captain Sully’s Heroic Flight

• Complete Ex. 2, 3, and 5 in your books (p. 36-39) read the instructions carefully!

Ex. 2, p. 36-37: past progressive

was havingwas exercising

wasn‘t swimming

wasn’t drinkingwas eating

Ex. 2, p. 36-37: past progressive

wasn’t lookingwas listening

wasn’t gettingwasn’t resting

was enjoyingwas playing

Ex. 3, p. 37: past progressive or simple past

stopped wentfound

were playing lookedsaw

washappened decided was sinking

was playing sank

Ex. 3, p. 37: past progressive or simple past

was eating

feltsat/

was sitting

looked saw

noticedknew was coming

arrived picked up

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Ex. 5, p. 38-39: statements with When and While

The electricity went out the wind began to blow.

he was driving home, he was listening to his car radio.

he couldn’t see anything.He pulled over to the side of the road

he was listening to the news, he heard about a car crash near his home.

it stopped raining, Mr. Taylor drove home in a hurry.