It's Grammar Time Leaflet - page 24

Past simple vs Past continuous – used to/would
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Annie was riding her bike when
she fell and cut her knee.
On Sunday, Maria was preparing lunch
for her friends all morning. After
cooking, she tidied the house and then
she had a rest.
Yesterday morning, Oliver went to
the beach. He was sunbathing
while he was checking his emails.
Monet created many famous
paintings.
It was a lovely spring day. The sun was
setting and a gentle breeze was
blowing when Anna went for a walk.
Past simple Past continuous
Form: regular verb + -ed
AFFIRMATIVE I/You/He/She/It/We/They
watched.
NEGATIVE I/You/He/She/It/We/They
didn’t watch.
INTERROGATIVE Did I/you/he/she/it/we/they
watch?
SHORT ANSWERS
Yes, I/you/he/she/it/we/they
did.
No, I/you/he/she/it/we/they
didn’t.
AFFIRMATIVE I/He/She/It was walking .
We/You/They were walking.
NEGATIVE I/He/She/It wasn’t walking.
We/You/They weren’t walking.
INTERROGATIVE Was I/he/she/it walking?
Were we/you/they walking?
SHORT ANSWERS
Yes, I/he/she/it was.
Yes, we/you/they were.
No, I/he/she/it wasn’t.
No, we/you/they weren’t.
Form: was/were + main verb + -ing
Martin rode to school when he
was a child.
Χρονικές λέξεις/φράσεις που χρησιμοποιούνται με
τον past continuous: while, when, as, all day/
night/morning, all day yesterday κ.λπ.
Χρονικές λέξεις/φράσεις που χρησιμοποιούνται
με τον past simple: yesterday, the day before
yesterday, last week/month/year, two
hours/days/weeks/months/years ago, when,
then, in 2003 κ.λπ.
Spelling rules
• Τα ρήματα που λήγουν σε -e παίρνουν μόνο -d. phone – phoned
• Τα ρήματα που λήγουν σε σύμφωνο + y διώχνουν το -y και
παίρνουν -ied. study – stud ied
• Τα ρήματα που λήγουν σε φωνήεν + y παίρνουν -ed. play – played
• Τα ρήματα που λήγουν σε ένα φωνήεν που τονίζεται και
βρίσκεται ανάμεσα σε δύο σύμφωνα, διπλασιάζουν το τελευταίο
σύμφωνο και παίρνουν την κατάληξη -ed .
stop – stopped ΑΛΛΑ open – opened, fix – fixed
• Τα ρήματα που λήγουν σε -l διπλασιάζουν το l και παίρνουν την
κατάληξη -ed. cancel – cancelled
• Τα ανώμαλα ρήματα δεν σχηματίζουν τον past simple με την
κατάληξη -ed. break – broke, give – gave
Pronunciation
Η κατάληξη -ed προφέρεται:
• /¸d/ όταν τα ρήματα λήγουν σε ήχους
/t/ ή /d/. shifted, landed, afforded
• / t/ όταν τα ρήματα λήγουν σε ήχους
/ k/, /s/, /tS /, /S/, /f / ή /p/.
booked, kissed, matched, brushed,
laugh ed, stopped
• / d/ όταν τα ρήματα λήγουν σε
οποιονδήποτε άλλον ήχο. changed,
car ed, glowed
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