Past simple vs past continuous

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 3

This lesson

Past simple vs past continuous

Exercises

Goals

After this lesson, you

- can use past simple and past continuous

- are able to tell the difference between past simple and continuous

What do you know about the past simple? Use an example sentence.

Past simple

Past, important when it happened

Short events (when compared to past continuous)

-ed            did/didn't

Irregular verbs 2nd row

When do you use the past simple?

1. When something is happening now
2. When something always, never or sometimes happens
3. When something happened in the past
4. When something is going to happen

How do you make the past simple?

1. Verb + -ed 2nd row irregular verbs
2. Verb + -s
3. Has + verb + -ed 3rd row irregular verbs
4. Verb + -ing

Which is correct (past simple)?

1. I didn't walked to the library.
2. She never says much.
3. The van suddenly stopped working.
4. Ryan has been away for years.

Make into a question AND a negative sentence:
They shouted very loudly.

Make into a question AND a negative sentence:
Olenna went to work last Monday.

What do you know about the past continuous? Make an example sentence.

Past simple vs continuous

Two things happening at the same time?

I was reading a book when my friend called me.

Two things happening at the same time and you don’t know which action takes longer?

He was watching a film while she was walking the dog.

Two or more things happening in a row in the past (not at the same time)?

This morning I took out the trash and I went to the grocery store.

I ... (to watch) TV when the bell (to ring).

1. was watching, rang
2. watched, rang
3. watched, was ringing
4. was watching, rung

While Emily ... (to walk) the dog, Lenny ... (to make) dinner.

1. was walking, was making
2. was walking, made
3. walked, was making
4. walked, made

I know what the past simple and past continuous are

1. Yes
2. No
3. Kind of..

I can use the past simple and past continuous

1. Absolutely!
2. Definitely not..
3. Only separately, not both together in a sentence
4. I know one, but not the other

Exercises 

Do exercise E (2.2) and E (4.5) 

Finished?

Check your answers

Study vocabulary unit 4 and unit 5, lesson 1