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Past Simple vs. Past Continuous
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Past Simple vs. Past Continuous

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  • We will repeat the Past Simple and Past Continuous
  • The difference between Past Simple and Past Continuous
  • You will learn how to make sentences with the Past Simple and Past Continuous

Today?

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When something was going on for a period of time in the past (ongoing action). 

We were doing the dishes yesterday.
Past Continuous 

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Past tense of the verb 'to be' and verb + ing
I was playing
You were playing
He was playing
We were playing
You were playing
They were playing
Past Continuous 

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Boris ... English
A
was learning
B
is learning
C
has learned
D
will learn

Slide 5 - Quiz

They ... swimming in the lake
A
are swimming
B
were swam
C
were swimming
D
have swum

Slide 6 - Quiz

Your father ... the car
A
will have been repairing
B
is repairing
C
repaired
D
was repairing

Slide 7 - Quiz

I ... a magazine
A
read
B
was reading
C
am reading
D
will read

Slide 8 - Quiz

You ... your bag
A
am packing
B
were packing
C
packed
D
will have packed

Slide 9 - Quiz

My friends ... the match on TV
A
have been watching
B
watched
C
were watching
D
are watching

Slide 10 - Quiz

Past Simple AND Past Continuous 

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Signalwords
Past simple: yesterday / last / ago / in [year] / the other day

Past continuous: when / while

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Past continuous vs. past simple
Sentences you can recognize by the word 'when':
''When the phone rang, she was writing a letter.''
'' What were you doing when the earthquake started?''


If "while" is in a sentence you use the past contiuous twice:
''What were you doing while you were waiting?''
''I was studying while my father was making dinner.''

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Past continuous vs. past simple
What is something else happened during that period?

 
''I was cooking dinner when my mother called.''



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Fill in the past simple: I .............. to my neighbour yesterday.
A
talk
B
talks
C
talked
D
were talking

Slide 15 - Quiz

Which are signalwords for the past simple?
A
for, yet, never, ever
B
yesterday, last year, ago, when
C
always, often, usually, never
D
right now, at the moment

Slide 16 - Quiz

Fill in the past continuous: We ................... a good movie when the phone rang.
A
watched
B
have watched
C
were watching
D
are watching

Slide 17 - Quiz

Which are signalwords for the past continuous?
A
when, while
B
always, never, ever, often
C
right now, at the moment
D
yesterday, last week

Slide 18 - Quiz

Make a sentence with the Past Continuous

Slide 19 - Open question

Make a sentence with the Past Continuous AND Past Simple

Slide 20 - Open question

I understand the difference between the Past Simple & Past Continuous ....
A
Perfectly!
B
Quite well, need to study a bit more
C
Not really, I need to study a lot
D
Not at all! Can you help me?

Slide 21 - Quiz