Past Simple vs Past Continuous

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 2

Past Simple vs Past Continuous

Goal: 

- You know what the past simple is and can explain it in your own words. The same applies for the past continuous.

- You understand the differences between the past simple and the past continuous.

Past Simple

I ___ to school yesterday.

1. walk
2. walks
3. walked
4. walking

Mrs. Groen ___ a wall last week.

1. climbing
2. climb
3. climbs
4. climbed

It rained 10 minutes ago. I ___ dry while I was outside.

1. didn't stay
2. did stay
3. stayed
4. wasn't stay

_____ the game yesterday?

1. Did you liked
2. Did you like
3. You liked
4. Do you like?

Past Simple:

How do you form the past simple?

1. verb+ ed
2. shit = verb+s
3. form of to be + verb+ ing
4. have/has + past participle (3e rijtje)

Past Simple:

What are the clue words of the past simple?

1. Tomorrow, next week, in 2025,
2. Last month, yesterday, a month ago, in 2012
3. Today, now,
4. again, always, constantly

Past Continuous

PAST CONTINUOUS:
Which sentence is in the Past Continuous?

1. I walked down the street when I tripped.
2. I was walking down the street when I tripped.

Past Continous

I ____ a game when my mother called me.

1. was play
2. was playing
3. am playing
4. were playing

Past Continous

Sandy _____ on her project when the cat ate her paper.

1. were working
2. is working
3. was working
4. was work

Past Continous

The students _____ attention because Timmy pulled a funny face.

1. weren't pay
2. weren't paying
3. wasn't paying
4. where not paying

Past continuous:

When do you use the past continuous?

1. When smth is always, never, sometimes, regularly
2. When smth is happening right now
3. smth that happened in the past
4. smth that takes a while in the past

Past continuous:

How do you form the past continuous?

1. verb+ - ed or irregular verb
2. was/were+ verb+ -ing
3. form of to be + verb+ -ing
4. have/has + past participle (3e rijtje)

Past Simple vs Past Continuous

What is the difference?

Past continuous 

Well, I ... (jog), when the iPod suddenly made a funny noise.

1. jogged
2. was jogging
3. was jog
4. is jogging

I _____ (try) to ask my mom if I could have a new one, but she _____ (not-listen) at that moment.

1. tried - didn't listen
2. tried - wasn't listening
3. was trying - wasn't listening
4. was trying - didn't listen

I ____ while I _____ down the stairs.

1. fell down - was walking
2. fell down - walked
3. was falling - walked
4. was falling - was walking

He ___ very fast when he ___ the accident.

1. drove - was having
2. drove - had
3. was drive - had
4. was driving - had

It ___ when we ___ home.

1. snowed - were leaving
2. snowed - left
3. was snowing - left
4. was snowing - were leaving

I ___ you call because I ___

1. didn't answer - was working
2. didn't answer - worked
3. wasn't answering - was working
4. wasn't answering - worked

When I ___ her, she ___ a really nice purple dress.

1. was seeing - was wearing
2. saw - was wearing
3. saw - wore
4. saw - was wear

Create a sentence using the past simple and the past continuous.

Explain in your own words what the difference is between the past simple and the past continuous.