Past simple vs past continuous

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• mavo
• Leerjaar 3

Past simple / Past Continuous

Past simple & Past continuous

Twee vormen van verleden tijd:

- Past simple 

- Past continuous 

De past simple: gebruik 

PAST SIMPLE

Past simple / past continuous

Vorm van de past simple & past continuous

Past simple	Past continuous
OF: ww + (e)d	ALTIJD in 3 stappen
bv: walk - walked, dance - danced	1. verleden tijd van to be ( was of were )
OF: eigen vorm	2. ww
teach - taught, drive - drove, pay - paid	3. ing
	He was danc ing , they were talk ing , I was sleep ing

Gebruik van de past simple & past continuous

Past simple	Past continuous
Een gebeurtenis in het verleden met een duidelijk begin en einde.	Een gebeurtenis in het verleden die enige tijd duurde (aan-het-doen)
Yesterday I cooked dinner for my family.	I was reading a book (when.......)
This morning I went to the dentist.	She was visiting her grandmother (when...)

Past Simple / Past Continuous?


I ... (enjoy) the sun last Sunday.

1. enjoyed
2. have enjoyed
3. had enjoyed
4. had been enjoying

Past simple / Past Continuous
He .... (listen) to music when his mother ...(call) him

1. listened / was calling
2. were listening / called
3. is listening / calls
4. was listening / called

past simple / past continuous
While I ...( study) my sister suddenly ( knock) on the door.

1. was studying / knocked
2. were studying / knocked
3. studied / knocked
4. studied / was knocking.

Past Simple <> Past Continuous
My friend ___ (to ring) me while I was watching TV.

1. were ringing
2. rang
3. rung
4. was ringing

Past simple / Past continuous
We ...(have) dinner when the doorbell ...(ring).

Past Simple / Past Continuous
David ___ (send) me an email five minutes ago.

Past simple / Past continuous
I ... (cry) so much last Friday.

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

Damian ____________________ (to work) when I ____________________ (to phone).

They______(to kiss) when I____(to walk)in.