Past simple

Adam EisenreichLukáš Urbánek

Tomáš Čelikovský

pronoun

verb

ending

Creating

You workHe worksWe work

You workedHe workedWe worked

He

work

ed

Question verb

pronoun

verb

Question

Do you work?Do he work?Do we work?

Did you work?Did he work?Did we work?

Did you

work?

Question verb

pronoun

verb

Negation

Do you work?Do he work?Do we work?

Did you work?Did he work?Did we work?

Did you

work?

notnegation

Did not you work?

Did not he work?Did not we

work?

Did you work?Did he work?Did we work?

There is an other valid form for „did not“, it is didn‘t

STOP → stoppedPLAN → planned

Duplication

Usage● I wanted to buy a new bike.● We stayed in a beautiful hotel.● My boss invited us for dinner.● My sister travelled to England by

bus.

● Did you see the lovely flowers?● Did your parents agree?● What time did you go to bed last

night?

● I didn´t know what to do.● We didn´t sleep well because of the

storm.● Ferst didn´t do his homework again.

Past continuous

pronoun

verb verb

ending

Creating

He was at home.Was he at home?He wasn't at home.

He was waiting.Was he  waiting?He wasn't  waiting.

He waitingwas

Usage

Now

At 5 o‘clock, I was watching TV.

5 o‘clock

I watch TV.

Highlining the duration of action.

The action took time in exact point in past.

Time

Usage

Now

When he arrived, I was watching TV.

He arrived

I watch TV.

We say, that the action was happening, when he came in.

Time highlide the given action.

Time

Usage

• He was having lunch when I called him.

• I didn't hear you, I was listening to my walkman.

• He was so funny. He was wearing a pink shirt and orange shorts.

Usage

Time

I was watching TV and my wife was washing up…

My wife wash up…

I watch TV.

The first and the second action are happening in parralel.

Now

Usage

Time

Now

I was waiting for 5 minutes and then the train arrived.

The train arrived.

I wait for 5 minutes.

Zde je to stejné jako v případě minulém: Děj probíhal společně s dějem druhým.

I was waiting for 2 hours.

Imperative plot

• Yesterday I was writing my book and then I was repairing my bicycle.

• Yesterday I wrote my book and then I repaired my bicycle.

When not to use past continuous

At that moment, I was wanting to disappear.

At that moment,I wanted to disappear.

Status verbs

Status verbs don‘t have any form of past continuous.Between status verbs are:Like, want, need, believe, understand, and many more…

When not to use past continuous

What was my job at that time? I was working as a teacher.

What was my job at that time? I worked as a teacher.

Ongoing plots

If this would be his ordinary, static proffesion, we would use simple past.

When not to use past continuous

When I was a child, we were going to our weekend house every week.

When I was a child, we went to our weekend house every week.

Repeating actions

Proč?Jedná se o akci probíhající opakovaně. (Každý týden)

The End

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