Simple Past - Pasado Simple
Is used to describe actions that have happened at an earlier time and have already completed.
Both the negative interrogative as DID is used as an auxiliary.
Can be used in negations DID or DID NOT.
The simple past tense of regular verbs is the infinitive termination with ED, whereas irregulars are so called not to follow a certain pattern and in this case must be studied individually.
Examples:
She cleaned her house. (ella limpió su casa).
I broke the window. (yo rompí la ventana).
Past Continuos – Pasado Continuado
Describes actions that were being made at a time from the past to which reference is made and then continued.
The Past Continuous is constructed with the auxiliary verb "to be" in its past and the main verb in the infinitive with ING termination.
The negative form is constructed by placing after the verb NOT TO BE. You can also use the negative form of the verb to be: WASN `T or WEREN`T.
Examples:
Yesterday he was studying English. Ayer él estaba estudiando inglés.
(Comenzó a estudiar antes de ese momento y continuó estudiando posteriormente)
John was playing tennis at 10 a.m. John estuvo jugando tenis a las 10 a.m.
(Comenzó a jugar tenis antes de las 10 a.m. y continuó haciéndolo después)
Past Simple & Past Continuos
They are used to describe two actions that happened in the past and one of them has already been completed. We use the Simple Past to mention it already ended and the Past Continuous to tell what is still running.
Examples:
1. I was playing football with my younger brother the whole of yesterday.
2. When I was cooking a dinner, my sister was listening to music in her room.
3. My friend was in Great Britain the whole of year.
4. My friend and I were studying it all month.
5. She was listening to music, whe the phone rang.
6. Yesterday at this time I was cleaning my room, my parents were reading a newspaper and my brother was watching TV.
7. When my mum was cleaning our kitchen, my sister was writing a letter.
8. I was taking a shower, when my boyfriend came.
9. She met him when they were studying in Warsaw.
10. They weren't reading books when I came.
11. My parents weren't cooking a dinner, when my friend and I came from the school.
12. She didn't answer the phone, because she was listening to music and she wasn't nothing other.
13. At this time last year we were working in London.
14. When I went out, it was raining.
15. I saw an accident when my father and I were driving to his work.
16. We weren't living here at this time.
17. Was you writing the letter, when our mum came?
18. When I woke up, no one was sleeping.
19. I wasn't doing something important when you came.
20. When I came to Tom, his father and he were repairing their car.
