PAST SIMPLE*

Use the past simple to talk about an event which happened at some point in
time in the past.

Structure

Positive

Subject + Verb + ed OR Irregular Past Form + Objects

Negative

Subject + did not (didn't) + Verb + Objects

Example:

You played golf yesterday afternoon.

He didn't go on vacation last summer.

Did you attend the meeting last week?





PAST CONTINUOUS*

The past continuous is usually used to refer to events happening at the same time that something important happened in the past.



Structure

Positive
Subject + conjugate the helping verb "be" + verb + -ing.



Negative
Subject + conjugate the helping verb "be" + not + verb + -ing.

Example:

She was watching TV when I arrived.

I wasn't working when he came into the room.

What were you doing at seven o'clock?