Past Continuous and Past Simple
This page focuses on the past continuous and past simple tenses, providing detailed explanations of their uses and formations. It also introduces the use of "may" and "might" for expressing future possibilities.
The past continuous tense is explained with its various uses:
- Actions in progress in the past
- Two simultaneous actions in the past
- An action in progress interrupted by another action
- Setting a scene when starting a story
- Describing temporary situations in the past
Example: "While I was preparing dinner, he was washing the dishes."
The guide provides the formation of the past continuous in affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms:
Vocabulary: Signal words for past continuous include "when," "while," and "as."
The past simple tense is then introduced, with its uses and signal words:
- Past events, actions, and places
- Completed actions in the past
Vocabulary: Signal words for past simple include "yesterday," "last week/month/year," "two days/weeks/months ago," and specific dates in the past.
The document provides the formation of the past simple for regular verbs in affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms.
Lastly, the page introduces the use of "may" and "might" for expressing future possibilities:
Example: "I may rent a car in London. I might book a flight to Glasgow."
Highlight: "May" and "might" are modal verbs always followed by the base form of a verb, with "might" expressing a lower probability than "may."