past simple and past continuous

7. - We use past simple to talk about an action which started and finished in the past. Tom didn´t stay at home last night. - Some words we can find in past tense are: last night, yesterday , last year, ago. He left the school some years ago.

8. - We use past continuous to talk about ant action which started and finished in the past but it had a certain duration in time in the past. Olivia was escaping from a dog. - Also we can find in the same sentence the past simple and continuous . He was taking a bath when the telephone rang. While Sharon was eating a brownie Eddie took the dog for a walk.

9. - Verbs that end in –e, drop the –e and add –ing. take taking give giving - Verbs that end in two consonants, add –ing. spend spending hurt hurting - Verbs that end in two vowels and a consonant, add –ing. leave leaving keep keeping

11. 1. Complete the sentences using a suitable past tense: 1. My brother and sister____________ (be) ________(play) tennis at 11 am yesterday. 2. _______(Be) you still _______(work) at 7pm last night? 3. I _______(meet) John in town yesterday evening, he was very kind. 4. Mariah ________ (not buy) rice and carrots to make a vegetable soup on Saturday night. 5. While Peter _____________ (read) Don Quijote, Tina_________ (arrive) home. 6. Rose and his father _________________ (not drive) until that hill. 7. I______________(not know) what to say. 8. Someone _____________(steal) my handbag in the tube. 9. Mark _____________(write) an email to his daughter who is in Australia. 10. Alicia______________(type) when his boyfriend___________ (kiss) her.