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The Simple past describes a completed action in a time before now and things that happen one after another in the past.
For regular verbs, add -ed to the root form of the verb (or just -d if the root form already ends in an e):

Play→Played

Type→Typed

Listen→Listened

Love→Loved

For other irregular verbs, including the verb to be, the simple past forms are more erratic:

Go→Went

Do→Did

Rise→Rose

Am/Is/Are→Was/Were

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REGLAS PARA AGREGAR 'ED' A LOS VERBOS REGULARES

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The past progressive tense is used to describe an ongoing activity in the past. For example:

John was baking a cake.

They were painting the fence.

Often, the past progressive tense is used to set the scene for another action. For example:

John was baking a cake when the storm started.

They were painting the fence while I was cutting the grass.

The past progressive tense is also known as the "past continuous tense" or the "past continuing tense".

Spelling Tip

Add ing to most verbs. Ex. play > playing, cry > crying, bark > barking

For verbs that end in e, remove the e and add ing. Ex: slide > sliding, ride > riding

For verbs that end in ie, change the ie to y and add ing. Ex: die > dying, tie > tying

For a verb whose last syllable is written with a consonant-vowel-consonant and is stressed, double the last letter before adding ing. Ex: beg > begging, begin > beginning. However: enter > entering (last syllable is not stressed)

Auxiliary

To form the past continuous the auxiliary verb "to be" and the verb + ing are used. The auxiliary verb "to be" is in the past simple, but note that "to be" is an irregular verb Questions in Past Continuous

Questions in Past Continous

To make questions in the Past Continuous, put ‘was’/’were‘ before the subject and add the ‘-ing’ form of the verb:

What were you doing when you broke your leg?

Yes/No questions
To create a question that will be answered with a ‘yes’ or ‘no’, use ‘was‘ / ‘were‘ (or ‘wasn’t‘ / ‘weren’t‘ for a negative question) + -ing verb.

Negative forms of Past Continuous

To make negative statements in the Past Continuous, we use:

was/were + not + the “-ing” form of the verb

Examples:

Peter wasn’t doing his homework when his father came in.

Rebecca was angry with her children because they weren’tsleeping when she arrived.

Positive forms of Past Continuous
Here's the positive form:

I was sleeping

you were working

he was coming

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In the simple past tense, negative and question forms are made using the auxiliary verb "do" (in its past form, "did") followed by the simple form of the main verb.

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Negatives in the simple past are formed by adding didn't (informal) or did not (formal) before the simple form of the verb. The verb BE is an exception to this; in the case of BE, we just add n't (informal) or not (formal) after "was" or "were".

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Yes/no questions are also created using the auxiliary did. This time, the auxiliary is placed before the subject. The verb BE is an exception; in this case, we move BE before the subject.

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Are also created by putting the auxiliary did before the subject (or moving BE, as explained above). Then, you add the WH- word at the beginning.

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