PAST

CONTINUOS

SIMPLE

USE

FORMS

COMPLETE ACTION IN THE PAST

POSITIVE

NEGATIVE

QUESTION

regular ED

irregular list

except to be

I/He/She/It WAS

You/We/They WERE

I/You/He/She/It/We/They DID NOT / DIDN´T

DID I/You/He/She/It/We/They

NOT "didn´t stopped or "Did you rang?"

I/He/She/It WAS NOT/ WASN´T

You/We/They WERE NOT/WEREN´T

WAS I/He/She/It?

WERE You/We/They?

USE

IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ACTION

FORMS

POSITIVE

NEGATIVE

QUESTION

I/He/She/It WAS +ING

You/we/They WERE +ING

I/He/She/It WAS´T +ING

WAS I/he/she/it +ING?

WERE you/we/they +ING?

NOT USE WITH STATE VERBS

USE WITH STATE VERBS

you/we/they WEREN´T +ING

TWO PHRASES

CONTINUOUS

SIMPLE

longer action

short action

describe BACKGROUNDS