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Prepositions of movement Past Simple - Past Progressive
Time Clauses (when, while)
up Walk up this road.
• We use the Past Progressive and the Past Simple
down Go down Elm Street. in the same sentence when one action interrupted
into Don’t come into the house with that parrot! another in the past. We use the Past Progressive
for the longer action and the Past Simple for the
out of Brian walked out of the room.
shorter action. In this case we usually use while or
through This road goes through the park. when.
While I was driving, I saw a cat in the street.
towards Walk towards the library.
I was sleeping when the telephone rang.
past Walk past the newsagent’s and turn left.
some/any/no
from... to Maria drives from her house to work
every day. • some + uncountable / plural countable nouns in
around Stop running around the garden! affirmative sentences and offers.
There is some orange juice in the fridge.
Would you like some chips?
Module 4 • any + uncountable / plural countable nouns in
Was I eating? © MM Publications
questions and negative sentences.
Past Progressive Is there any orange juice in the fridge?
AFFIRMATIVE There aren’t any chips on the table.
I was eating • no (= not any) + uncountable / plural countable
You were eating nouns in affirmative sentences to give a negative
He was eating meaning.
She was eating There is no cheese in the fridge. = There isn’t any
It was eating cheese in the fridge.
We were eating
You were eating NOTE
They were eating
Countable Nouns
• We can count them.
NEGATIVE • We can use a/an and numbers before them.
FULL FORMS SHORT FORMS • They have singular and plural forms.
I was not eating I wasn’t eating one orange ive posters a lamp
You were not eating You weren’t eating Uncountable Nouns
He was not eating He wasn’t eating • We cannot count them.
She was not eating She wasn’t eating • We cannot use a/an or numbers before them,
It was not eating It wasn’t eating but we often use some and any.
We were not eating We weren’t eating
You were not eating You weren’t eating • They have only singular forms.
They were not eating They weren’t eating rice water pasta
Compounds of some, any, no and every
QUESTIONS SHORT ANSWERS
Yes, I was. No, I wasn’t. SOME ANY NO EVERY
Were you eating? Yes, you were. No, you weren’t. someone anyone no one everyone
Was he eating? Yes, he was. No, he wasn’t. PEOPLE somebody anybody nobody everybody
Was she eating? Yes, she was. No, she wasn’t.
Was it eating? Yes, it was. No, it wasn’t. THINGS something anything nothing everything
Were we eating? Yes, we were. No, we weren’t.
Were you eating? Yes, you were. No, you weren’t. PLACES somewhere anywhere nowhere everywhere
Were they eating? Yes, they were. No, they weren’t.
• These compounds always go with singular verbs.
We use the Past Progressive: Someone is behind the door.
• for an action that was happening at a specific Everybody here works very hard.
point of time in the past. • We use the compounds of no in affirmative
I was watching TV at 7 o’clock yesterday evening. sentences with a negative meaning.
• to set the scene in a story. There was nobody in the o ice.
Jill was walking in the forest and it was raining. • We use the compounds of any in questions and
• for actions that were happening at the same time negative sentences.
in the past. In this case we usually use while. Do you need anything else?
While I was watching TV, my mother was cooking. I can’t ind my glasses anywhere.
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