USE THOSE TENSES IN THE RIGHT WAY :

Simple past : pour une action passée. Concerne l’enchaïnement des actions dans l’histoire. Verbe régulier + ed. ex : play-ed/want-ed…

Verbe irrégulier (à connaître ou voir liste )

Forme négative : S+didn’t+Base verbale. Ex : I didn’t play/I didn’t see/ I didn’t do…

Past continuous : pour les circonstances du l’action. Auxiliare be au simple past + Verb-ing

I was/You were/He, she,it was/e were/You were/They were

Ex : I was walking/ The sun was shining/ We were waiting….

• WRITE DOWN THE GRAMMAR RULES IN YOUR ENGLISH BOOK
• EXERCISE NUMBER 1 in the past continuous :

1/ My brother and I (to play video games) the other day.

2/ It was dark because it (to rain).

3/ My parents (to cook dinner).

4/ My sister (to read )in her room.

5/ the dog (to snore ) in his basket

6/ I (not have)fun because everything was too quiet.

• EXERCISE 2 : simple past OR Past continuous ?

1/I (to have) a bath when the telephone (to ring)

2 I (to answer) and (to start) talking.

3 Then, I (to smell) something strange. I (to look around ).

4 I (to realize) something (to burn)

5  The kitchen was dark because there (to be) smoke everywhere.

6 Everybody around me (to watch) TV, and (to relax).

7 I (to start)to scream.

8  The fire alarm (to go) off.

9 The fire brigade (to arrive)

10 All the neighbours (to look) at the scene.