PAST SIMPLE AND PAST PTOGRESIVE

PAST SIMPLE

• Use the Simple Past to express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past.
• The Past Simple can be used with a duration which starts and stops in the past.
• Can also be used to describe a habit which stopped in the past.
• The Past Simple can also be used to describe past facts or generalizations which are no longer true.
• Can also be used to completed past actions.

STRUCTURE

• Afirmative

Personal pronoun + verb in past + complement

• Negative

Personal pronoun +didn't (auxiliary) + verb + complement

• Questions

Did/ Didn't + personal pronoun + verb + complement + ?

• Short Answers

Yes, + personal pronoun + did

No, +personal pronoun + didn't

EXAMPLES:

1. I saw a movie yesterday.
2. I didn't see a play yesterday.
3. Last year, I traveled to Japan.
4. Did you have dinner last night?
5. I finished work, walked to the beach, and found a nice place to swim.
6. He arrived from the airport at 8:00, checked into the hotel at 9:00, and met the others at 10:00.
7. Did you add flour, pour in the milk, and then add the eggs?
8. I lived in Brazil for two years.
9. I studied French when I was a child.
10. She was shy as a child, but now she is very outgoing.

PAST CONTINUOUS

• Use the Past Continuous to indicate that a longer action in the past was interrupted. The interruption is usually a shorter action in the Simple Past.
• Can also use a specific time as an interruption.
• When we use the Past Continuous with two actions in the same sentence, it expresses the idea that both actions were happening at the same time. The actions are parallel.
• The Past Continuous with words such as "always" or "constantly" expresses the idea that something irritating or shocking often happened in the past.

STRUCTURE

• Afirmative

I/ He/ She / It + was + verb ing+ complement

We/You/They + were + verb ing + complement

• Negative

I/ He /She / It + wasn't +verb ing + complement

We/ You / They + weren't + verb ing + complement

• Questions

Was/ Wasn't + I/ He/ She / It + verb ing + complement + ?

Were/ Weren't + We / You / They + verb ing + complement+ ?

• 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

EXAMPLES:

1. I was watching TV when she called.
2. While we were having the picnic, it started to rain.
3. What were you doing when the earthquake started?
4. Last night at 6 PM, I was eating dinner.
5. At midnight, we were still driving through the desert.
6. I wasn't paying attention while I was writing the letter, so I made several mistakes.
7. Were you listening while he was talking?
8. She was always coming to class late.
9. He was constantly talking. He annoyed everyone.
10. I didn't like them because they were always complaining.

The Prison Injustice

THE PRISON INJUSTICE
Movie name: The Shawshank Redemption
Director: Frank Darabont
Summary:
In 1947, a young banker named Andy Dufresne is wrongly convicted of murdering his wife and her lover based on strong circumstantial evidence and is sentenced to two consecutive life sentences at Shawshank State Penitentiary in Maine. At the prison, inmate Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding is rejected for parole after having served twenty years of his life sentence shortly before Andy's arrival. Andy gradually becomes acquainted with Red's circle of friends, and Red himself, who is known for cleverly smuggling in contraband. After a month of adjusting to his new life, Andy approaches Red and asks him to get a rock hammer, intending to pursue a hobby of rock collecting. Red gives the hammer, and later fills Andy's request for a poster of Rita Hayworth.
One day, while tarring the roof of Shawshank's license plate factory, Andy overhears the captain of the prison guards, Captain Hadley, bitterly complaining about the taxes he will have to pay on a forthcoming inheritance. Andy approaches Hadley with a solution that will allow him to keep the entire inheritance tax-free; though Hadley nearly throws Andy off the roof initially, Andy's willingness to set up the transaction for the cost of beer for the tarring crew wins Hadley's respect. Prior to this, Andy had frequently been beaten and sexually assaulted by a gang called "The Sisters", led by inmates Bogs and Rooster. After a particularly vicious beating at the hands of the Sisters lands Andy in the infirmary, Bogs returns to his cell from a week in solitary confinement to find Captain Hadley there. Hadley inflicts a brutal nightstick beating on Bogs, which leaves him paralyzed. Bogs is sent away to a state hospital, and the message to the Sisters is clear; Andy is never bothered again. As other guards begin to come to him for financial help; Andy is given a makeshift office in the prison library to provide tax and financial services.
Opinion:
I think that the movie is very interesting, because this show us the reality in a jail. The Shawshank Redemption tell us about the serious social problems that have in Shawshank prison between this the prison guards and prisoners’ maltreatment, sexually assault, discrimination, authoritarian abuse, etc. Beside is very clear the injustice with Andy because he was finding guilty of a murder of his wife and his lover without have consistent evidence.
This movie helps me to open my eyes about the serious injustices that commit day after day whitout anything make something for solve this problems and finally I ask me ¿ Why ever pay righteous for guilties?

Adverbs of Frequency

ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY

• Adverbs of frequency tell us how often an action takes place
• The basic rule is that adverbs of frequency come before the main verb but after present and past forms of be (am, are, is, was, were). In the case of tenses that use an auxiliary, we put the adverb between the auxiliary and the main verb.
• These some the most common adverbs of frequency:

-Always
-Usually
-Frequently
-Often
-Sometimes
-Occasionally
-Rarely
-Seldom
-Hardly ever
-Never

EXAMPLES:

1. I usually walk there.
2. Our grandparents generally stay at home when it's cold.
3. Their sons seldom smoke a cigarette before lunch.
4. We sometimes listen to the radio after lunch.
5. You always drive to the club.