INSTITUCIÓN EDUCATIVA

DISTRITAL MARCO FIDEL SUÁREZ

GUÍA DE
APRENDIZAJE
NO. 09
Idiomas extranjeros: inglés

Past Simple and Past Continous

CURSOS 903 Y 904

Docente: Rita Piñeros Borges

 Para 903: Lunes de 11:35am - 12:30pm

Jueves de 10:40pm - 12:30pm

Para 904: Martes de 9:20am-10:15am y

10:40am - 11:35am

Viernes de 11:35am - 12:30pm

Muy buenos días tengan todos ustedes

estudiantes y padres de familia. Agradecemos

el empeño y la perseverancia que han tenido al

continuar trabajando para lograr buenos

resultados en la adquisición de conocimientos

en esta época tan difícil. Sabemos que no es

sencillo así que quisiera felicitarlos por seguir

queriendo aprender cada día más.

 SIMPLE PAST
Se usa para:

- Hablar de acciones completadas en

el pasado

- Hechos del pasado

- Se usa con palabras de tiempo

terminado (Yesterday, last week, in

2010, etc)

- Por lo general, se usa pasado simple

después de "when"

EJEMPLOS:

- I went to the cinema yesterday.

- I lived near Cambridge for a couple of

years.

- When i was younger, I played with my

cousins all the time.

SIMPLE PAST
PAST CONTINUOUS
OR PROGRESSIVE
Se usa para:

- Expresar una acción interrumpida en el

pasado.

- Para referirse a acciones que ocurrían

simultáneamente.

- Muestra que una acción ya estaba en

proceso en cierto tiempo en el pasado.

EJEMPLOS

- What were you doing at 8 p.m. last night?

I was studying. This means that i started

studying before 8p.m. and I continued after

8p.m.

- We were cleaning the house all morning.

- She couldn't come to the party. She was

working.
PAST CONTINUOUS
¿CÓMO USAR "WHEN" Y
"WHILE"?
Cuando hablamos de una acción que ha sido

interrumpida por otra, observamos que la

opción interrumpida la expresamos en

presente continuo y la acción que provoca

la interrupción está en pasado simple.

“When” y “while” señalan el uso del pasado

simple y continuo.

Usamos el pasado simple directamente

después de “when” y el pasado

continuo después de “while”.

EJEMPLOS

- I was sleeping when you arrived. Estaba durmiendo cuando

llegaste.

- While she was walking, she found a wallet. Mientras iba

caminando, se encontró una cartera.

- My father was cooking while my mother was putting the

table. Mi padre estaba cocinando mientras mi madre ponía

la mesa
 WE USE THEM BOTH WHEN (LOS
USAMOS JUNTOS CUANDO):

- When the past simple action happened in the

middle of the past continous action, while it was in

progress (cuando la acción del pasado simple

pasa en medio de la acción del pasado continuo,

mientras esta estaba en proceso):

While I was studying, I suddenly felt sleepy

(mientras estaba estudiando, de repente, me

dormí).

- We often use these tenses to show an action

interrupting another action (A menudo usamos

estos tiempos para mostrar una acción que

interrumpe otra acción.):

I broke my leg when i was skiing.

We were watching tv when the power went off. (Me

rompí la pierna cuando estaba esquiando.

Estábamos viendo televisión cuando se fue la luz.)

 NOTA: Utilizamos WERE para los
sujetos en plural: we (nosotros/as),
you (ustedes), they (ellos/ellas). Y
utilizamos WAS para los sujetos en
singular: I (yo), you (tú), he (él), she
(ella), it (eso).

Auto-evaluación: califica del 1 al 10 el

trabajo que realizaste

al finalizar esta guía. Haz una lista de

tus puntos fuertes y débiles al

aprender este tema. ¿Cómo crees que

puedes convertir esos puntos débiles en

puntos fuertes?
EJERCICIO 1.
EXERCISES
Choose past simple or past continuous - escoge pasado

simple o pasado continuo.

1. I _______ (sit) in a cafe when you ______ (call)

2. When you _______ (arrive) at the party, who _______

(be) there?

3. Susie  _________ (watch) a film when she ________

(hear) the noise.

4. Yesterday, I ________ (go) to the library, next I

_________ (have) a swim, later I ________ (meet) Julie

for Coffee.

5. We _________ (play) tennis when John _________ (hurt)

his ankle.

6. What _________ (they/do) at 10p.m. last night –

it was really noisy?

7. He _________ (take) a shower when the

telephone _________ (ring).

8. He _________ (be) in the shower when the

telephone _________ (ring).

9. When I _________ (walk) into the room,

everyone _________ (work).

10. It _________ (be) a day last September. The

sun _________ (shine) and the birds _________ (sing).

I _________ (walk) along the street when I _________

(meet) an old friend.

 EJERCICIO 2
Read and answer the questions -

lee y responde las preguntas

A dog carrying a nice piece of meat that

he had stolen, was crossing a log over a

river on his way home. He saw his reflection

in the water and saw another dog with a

wonderful piece of meat in its mouth. The

dog thought it was another dog and he

wanted that piece of meat also. So he

snapped at it greedily. However, when he

did this, he dropped the piece he had and

the reflection disappeared as well.

 1. The piece of meat the dog had was

a. stolen

b. not real

c. given to him

2. The dog had to cross over a

a. river

b. restaurant

c. ravine

3. The dog looked down into the water and saw

a. another real dog

b. a frog

c. his reflection

4. The dog thought that the dog he saw in the water was

a. a ghost

b. a real dog

c. his own reflection.

5. When he saw another piece of meat, the dog felt

a. happy for that dog

b. sad

c. greed

6. The dog on the log snapped at the other dog. Snapped

means:

a. growled and tried to bite

b. smiled

c. laughed
 7. The dog dropped the meat and the other dog

a. ate the meat

b. disappeared

c. growled back

8. The lesson is that greed

a. gets us nothing

b. is how dogs act

c. makes us rich and happy

EJERCICIO 3
¿
Which of the following sentences is better written? -  cuál es la

frase correcta?

1. a. The men were studying on the new project all day

yesterday.

b. The men was studying on the new project all day

yesterday.

c. The men studied on the new project all day yesterday

2. a. When were you finishing your project?

b. When did you finish your project?

c. When were you finish your project?

3. a. You didn't be in the party yesterday

b. You didn't were in the party yesterday.

c. You weren't in the party yesterday.

 4. a. My sister watched tv while his husband was playing

with the children.

b. My sister was watching tv while her husband was

playing with the children.

c. My sister was watching tv while his husband played with

the children.

5. a. The students were talking when the teacher was arriving.

b. The students talked when the teacher was arriving.

c. The students were talking when the teacher arrived.

EJERCICIO 4
Write the most suitable words in each gap -

Escribe la palabra adecuada en cada

espacio (ago, yesterday, last, while, when, on,

in, at).

1. Tommy’s father worked in that office 2 year _______

2. The plane was flying ______ 8 p.m. _________

3.  My best friend went to London ________ month.

4. ______ I was having dinner, my sister was having

a shower.

5. _______ did the supermarket close?

6. Your aunt studied German _____ 2001

7. Rose played in an orchestra ______ she was 12

years old
 8. Jason was swimming ________ his girlfriend was

drinking a coke

9. The tv broke ______ 26th October

10. _______ did he deliver the shopping?

11. My father’s friend had a baby ______

12. My cousin bought the PSP _____ he was in London.

EJERCICIO 5
Write a paragraph telling a story that happened

to you during the quarantine using past simple

and past progressive. Min 200 words. - Escribe

un párrafo contando una historia que te haya

pasado durante la cuarentena. Mínimo 200

palabras.