Past continuous and past simple

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t, mavo
• Leerjaar 2

Past simple vs past continuous

Grammar

At the end of this lesson you know how to

talk about several things that happened in the past.

When did this happen:
"My sister called me last night."

1. Present
2. Past
3. Future

How do you form the past tense of a regular verb?

1. verb + s
2. verb + ing
3. verb + (e)d
4. did + verb

So, the past tense of 'to walk' is....?

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

How do you form the past tense of an irregular verb?

1. verb + (e)d
2. you don't, because they're irregular

What's the past tense of this sentence:
My grandmother buys me lunch.

1. My grandmother buyed me lunch.
2. My grandmother baught me lunch.
3. My grandmother bought me lunch.

Past simple

Just one word.

Simple.

It's in the past. It's over and done with.

Yesterday, last year, two weeks ago....

Fill in the past simple: I .........(cycle) to my neighbour yesterday.

Past Simple and Past Continuous

Past Continuous

Two things happened

She was listening to music when her roommate walked in.

Two sentences in one.

was listening = past continuous

walked = past simple

Past Continous en Past Simple

Past Continuous = al aan de gang ( lang)

Past Simple = iets gebeurde (kort)

Past continuous & Past simple

I WAS WAITING (wait) for the bus when it STARTED (start) to rain. 

It was raining.

(past continuous)

We were singing.

(past continuous)

How do you form the past continuous?

They were hiking in the mountains.

He was studying for his exam.

She was writing a letter to her friend.

The students were taking a test when the fire alarm went off.

While I was driving home from work, I saw a car accident on the side of the road.

How do you form the past continuous?

Past Continuous

Was or were plus verb + ing

I was playing

You were playing

He was playing

We were playing

You were playing

They were playing

Past Simple = ww + ed

- verleden tijd

- plaatsgevonden en afgelopen

- wanneer is belangrijk

- Signaalwoorden: last week, in 2012

:) They cleaned the house last week

Past Continuous = was/were + ww + ing

- verleden tijd

- was in het verleden aan de gang

- in NL: 'ik was aan het ....' 

:) They were cleaning the house when I came home

Boris ... English.
Which form is the past continuous?

1. was learning
2. is learning
3. has learned
4. will learn

They ... swimming in the lake.
Which is the past continous form?

1. are swimming
2. were swam
3. were swimming
4. have swum

Your father ... the car.
Choose the past continuous form.

1. will have been repairing
2. is repairing
3. repaired
4. was repairing

Past continuous AND past simple

Two things happened in the past.

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

De activiteit die aan de gang was, is de past continuous.

De activiteit die 'erbij komt', is de past simple.

Past Continuous & Past Simple

 I _________________________ (read) the newspaper, when all of a sudden my cat ___________________ (jump) onto my lap. 

I _______ (read) the newspaper, when all of a sudden my cat _____ (jump) onto my lap.

1. read; was jumping
2. read; jumped
3. was reading; was jumping
4. was reading; jumped

I understand the difference between the Present Simple & Present Continuous ....

perfectly!

quite well, need to practice a bit

not really, I need to practice a lot

not at all! I need more uitleg

Practice

In your coursebook

page 233

or online 6.4

exercise1, 2, 3, 4,  7 , 8 and 9

Need more explanation?

YouTube-channel "Engels gemist", 

'past continuous'.

Or: Google 'past continuous explanation/uitleg'.

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