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    The document provides information on the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. [1] It outlines the forms of the past simple and past continuous, including conjugations of regular and irregular verbs. [2] Examples are given of the uses of each tense, with the past simple used to describe completed past actions and habitual past actions, and the past continuous used to describe interrupted past actions. [3] Exceptions to adding "-ed" for past simple and "-ing" for past continuous are also listed.

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    The document provides information on the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. [1] It outlines the forms of the past simple and past continuous, including conjugations of regular and irregular verbs. [2] Examples are given of the uses of each tense, with the past simple used to describe completed past actions and habitual past actions, and the past continuous used to describe interrupted past actions. [3] Exceptions to adding "-ed" for past simple and "-ing" for past continuous are also listed.

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    Simple Past Exc

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    The document provides information on the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. [1] It outlines the forms of the past simple and past continuous, including conjugations of regular and irregular verbs. [2] Examples are given of the uses of each tense, with the past simple used to describe completed past actions and habitual past actions, and the past continuous used to describe interrupted past actions. [3] Exceptions to adding "-ed" for past simple and "-ing" for past continuous are also listed.

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    Department of Arts & Media Profs. M. HAKIMI & S.

    BASSAOUI
    English S1
    Year: 2019/2020

    Past Simple & Past Continuous

    Simple Past Past Continuons


    Form: Form:
     The past simple regular verb is formed All verbs form the past continuous with the
    by adding –ed to the infinitive. past tense of the verb to be + present
    open  opened participle).
     Irregular verbs the past simple has
    different forms. I/he/she/it was Opening
    e.g. think  thought; take  took you/we/they were Thinking
     Negative and questions are formed with I/he/she/it wasn’t Opening
    did and didn’t (did not) + the (was not) thinking
    infinitive. you/we/they taking
    Didn’t open Did you open? weren’t (were not) sitting
    Didn’t take Did you take? Was I/he/she/it Opening
    Were you/we/they lying

    USE: USE:

    A completed past action: Matt broke his leg. An interrupted past action: I was sleeping
    A past habitual action: I played chess when I when you called.
    was young.
    Keywords: Keywords:
    when/yesterday/last week/in 2019 while/as/at 9 o’clock…
    Exceptions
    Exceptions when adding 'ed' : Exceptions when adding 'ing' :

     When the final letter is e, only add d. E  silent e is dropped (but: does not apply
    e.g. love - loved for -ee)
     After a short, stressed vowel, the final e.g.: come - coming
    consonant is doubled. but: agree - agreeing
    e.g. admit – admitted.  After a short, stressed vowel, the final
     Final l is always doubled in British consonant is doubled.
    English (not in American English) e.g. sit - sitting
    e.g. travel – travelled  Final l is always doubled in British
     After a consonant, final y becomes i. English (not in American English).
    (but: not after a vowel). e.g. travel - travelling
    e.g. worry - he worried  Final ie becomes y.
    but: play - he played e.g. lie - lying

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