Past Simple vs. Past Progressive

What an experience!
Lesson 2
Luis Roberto Ortiz Guerrero

Can you think of any unforgettable moments in
your lifes?
Do you get excited about new experiences or do
they frigthen you?

What happened?
Lesson 2a

vocabulary
 Hiking
 Cycling
 Rock-climbing
 Scuba-diving
 Sightseeing
 Shopping

adjectives
 Adjectives ending in –ed  indicate or describe
emotions
 Adjectives ending in –ing  describe characteristics
of someone or something

adjectives
We were tired from the journey.
It was nice but it was a bit tiring

Past Progressive

When to use
it?
1. For actions that were happening at a specific point of
time in the past
2. To describe background scenes to a story
3. For actions that were happening at the same time in
the past. In this case, we usually use while

When to use
it?
1. I was watchingTV at 7 o´clock yesterday evening.
2. Jill was walking in the forest and it was raining.
3. While I was watchingTV, my father was cooking

How to form
it?

affirmative  + was//were + verb. –ING + comp.

negative  + was//were +NOT + v. -ing+ comp.

interrogative Was//Were +  +V- -ing + comp.

examples
 I was playing yesterday at school
 Tom wasn´t sleeping t in the classroom.
 They were studying for the exam yeaterday morning.
 Was Many drawing last Monday at class?

Just taste it!
Lesson 2b

What´s your favourite dish?

vocabulary
 Pitaya
 Grasshoppers
 Snails
 Seaweed
 Scorpions
 Horse Steak
 Frog´s legs

vocabulary
 Merchant  a person that sells things
 Handed  synonym of give
 Raising  moving something upwards
 Entire  synonym of whole
 Reponse  synonym of answer

Describing
food
Sweet
Bitter
Salty
Spicy
Fresh
Sour

PastSimple vs. Past
Progressive

I was painting my room all day yesterday.
I painted it blue.

We use the Past Progressive and the Past Simple
in the same sentence when one action
interrupted another in the past. We use the Past
Progressive for the longer action and the Past
Simple for the shorter action. In this case we
usually use while, when, as

I was sleeping when the telephone rang.
As/While I was driving, I saw a cat in the street.

important
We use as soon as with the Past
Simple
"As soon as they left, we started cleaning up the house

example
While I was travelling on the underground,
I saw a strange sign.
One action was in progress when the other happened

example
I was looking at the merchant while he
was cutting the fruit in half
The two actions were happening at the same time

example
As soon as I finished eating the piece, the
merchant offered me more
The two actions happened one after another

speaking
Do you like trying unusual food?Why?
Have you ever had a strange food
experience?What happened?

Believe it or not!
Lesson 2C

Vocabulary
 SUDDENLY  all of a sudden
 FINALLY  in the end
 FORTUNATELY  luckily
 AMAZINGLY  to my surprise
 THEN  after that
 UNFORTUNATELY  unluckily

Writing

Adventure
Lesson 2D

Present PerfectSimple

When to use
it?
 For an action which happened in the past, but we don´t
mention when exactly
 To talk about a state which started in the past and
continues up in the present
 For an action which happened in the past and finished,
but the results are obvious in the present

examples
I have travelled to the USA twice
I have lived in Athens since 1990.
I´m tired. I have just finished studying
Look! Mike has broken his leg

formation

affirmative  + have/has +VPP + comp.

negative  + have/has + not +VPP + comp.

Interrogative Have / Has +  +VPP + comp. + ?

time
expressions

Broaden your mind
Lesson 2E

Past Simple vs. Past Progressive

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