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COMPARATIVE TABLE.

SIMPLE PAST PAST

CONTINUOUS

Is used for actions that had been placed at It refers to the

a specific moment of the past. development of an
She went to the supermarket. action that drowned in a
determined time.
Jane was
walking home
when she fell.
No distinction will be made with the third
person singular ('he', 'she' and 'it') as we do It forms as:
with the present simple. Subject + Past of the
verb 'to be' + Gerund
All the personal forms will correspond to (Verb + "-ing")
the same form of the past:

I ATE an apple.
She ATE an apple.
They ATE an apple.
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Use the past form of the auxiliary ('did'),

which, being in the past, will not distinguish In order to create the
between different personal forms. negative form of the
She didnt go to the concert continuous past, you
must only insert the
particle 'not' between
the verb 'to be' in the
past and the verb in
gerund:
He was NOT
playing.
(Wh-word) + Auxiliar (did) + Sujeto + Verbo
(Infinitivo) + (Complemento)? To create the
interrogative form will
When did you reverse the order of the
call me? words and will first put
the verb 'to be' and
then the subject:
You were
readingWere
you reading?

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