past simple & past continuous

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

Past Simple & Past Continuous

Questions about the Past Simple!

We _____ (to announce) our wedding during lunch.

She _____ (to empty) the bin and went straight to school.

Irregular verbs!

2e rijtje van: to fight=

2e rijtje van: to be=

2e rijtje van: to wear =

2e rijtje van: to put =

Past Continuous!

The teacher ____ (talk) about Queen Victoria when the lesson finished.

Last Friday, between 8 and 10 AM, we _____ (work).

Combination:

Past Simple vs Past Continuous

Denk erom dat je de antwoorden als volgt opschrijft:

answer1/answer2

Simple past

Past continuous

was cycling

were doing

cried

slept

was studying

watched

was reading

Which one is the past simple and which one is the past continuous?

past simple

past continuous

Past Simple / Past Continuous
What ___ Leo ___ (do) when you ___ (call) him yesterday?

Past Simple + Past Continuous
Charlie ........... (hide) in the closet when Lola ........... (find) him.

Past Simple + Past Continuous
The children ......... (play) in the park when it ......... (start) to rain.

Past Simple / Past Continuous
The internet ___ (not exist) in 1980.

Past simple & past continuous
I .... (wait)for the bus when
it .......(start) to rain.

Comparative + superlative

klein - kleiner - kleinst(e)

small - smaller - smallest

Vergrotende + overtreffende trap

Comparative:

+ER

Often followed by: THAN

Frank is taller than Rob.

The boys are faster than us.

Superlative:

+EST

 THE is often placed before a superlative.

Rob is the tallest boy I know.

That is the fastest car ever.

Fill in:
This house is .... (cheap) house I have ever seen!

Who is ... (rich) woman on earth?

My house is ... (big) yours.

Non-smokers usually live ... (long) smokers.

How many syllables:
'nice'

1. 1
2. 2
3. 3

How many syllables:
'intelligent'

1. 2
2. 3
3. 4
4. 5

Pay attention!

goed - beter - best

good - better - best

slecht - slechter - slechtst(e)

bad - worse - worst

A holiday by the sea is ... (good)
a holiday in the mountains.

Fill in:
You won the lottery? You must be … (lucky) person in the world!

Fill in:
This exercise is .... (difficult) the other exercise.

He was ... (clever) thief of all.

The weather this summer is even ... (bad) last summer.

Good luck!!