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Past Simple vs Past Continuous
1. Past Simple vs Past Continuous
2.
Past SimpleI went shopping yesterday.
yesterday
today
tomorrow
yesterday, in 2005,
last weekend (week, year, month, Friday),
2 days (weeks, months, years) ago.
When I lived in China…
3. Past Simple
• Действие произошло в указанное время впрошлом, либо из ситуации понятно, что
относится к прошлому.
• They spent their holidays in Switzerland last
winter. (When did they go to Switzerland? Last
winter.) They had a great time.
4. Past Simple
• Перечисление действий в прошлом.• First, he read the message. Then, he called the
boss.
5. Past Simple
• Прошлые привычки и состояния. Частоиспользуем оборот used to (со всеми
глаголами) или модальный глагол would
(кроме статичных глаголов).
• People travelled/used to travel by carriage in
those days.
6. Past Simple
• Рассказываем о людях, которых нет в живых.• Marilyn Monroe starred in a number of great
films.
7.
Past ContinuousI was having lunch at 12:30 am yesterday.
today
at 12:30 am yesterday
at 12:30 pm yesterday,
from 5 to 7 pm yesterday,
while, as, when, all day (night, morning)
8. Past Continuous
• Действие происходило, длилось вопределенный, указанный момент в прошлом.
• At three o’clock they were having lunch at a
café.
9. Past Continuous
• Действие длилось в прошлом (Past Continuous –более длинное действие) и его прервало
другое действие (Past Simple – короткое
действие, обозначающее момент в прошлом).
• He was walking when he slipped on a banana skin.
10. Past Continuous
• Два или более одновременных действия впрошлом.
• She was steering the boat while he was playing
the guitar.
11. Past Continuous
• Для описания событий предшествующихосновным событиям с целью создания
атмосферы повествования.
• They were riding through the forest. The sun
was shining and the birds were singing.
Suddenly…