CH1: I-Grammar (past continuous)

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

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At the end of this lesson

- I know what the Past Continuous is

- I know how to make the Past Continuous

- I know how and when to use the Past Continuous

Past Continuous

De Past Continuous ('ing- vorm') gebruik je:

als de handeling in de verleden tijd aan de gang was en op een bepaald moment door een andere handeling werd onderbroken;

Voorbeeld: I was screaming while we hit a roadsign

How?

Je maakt deze door was/were + ww+ ing

Voorbeeld: While I was watching TV, I was also preparing my lunch. 

Vorm van ''to be'' in verleden tijd

was

                                  of        +  ww   +  ing

were

He was cleaning the house.

Bij welke personen gebruik je 'was' en bij welke personen gebruik je 'were'?

Wanneer gebruik je de past simple (verleden tijd)?

Past Simple

You use the past simple when something happened in the past and is finished.

The past simple is what we call in Dutch: de verleden tijd

When do you use the past simple?

Als het in het verleden is begonnen en het is afgelopen.

Er staan (vaak) signaalwoorden in de zin, zoals 'yesterday', 'last week', 'this morning', 'last year', 'when I was little', 'in 2001', 'ago' etc.

Donald Trump talked about himself on the telly yesterday.
Barack Obama left the White House in January 2017.

Past Continous en Past Simple

Past Continuous = al aan de gang ( lang)

Past Simple = iets gebeurde (kort)

Past continuous vs Past simple

    We were baking pie, while Jim arrived.  
     She was panicking, when she heard the bad news.
I was travelling to Africa, when Julie tried to call me.

We ______
(watch) TV when we ______
(hear) a loud noise.

1. were watching - heared
2. was watching - heared
3. were watching - heard
4. was watching - heard

Last year I _____
(visit) Paris and Rome.

1. was visiting
2. visited
3. were visiting
4. visitted

He ____
(work) in the garden when he _____
(find) the money.

1. were working - finded
2. worked - was finding
3. was finding - works
4. was working - found

Past simple or Past continuous?

I was having a shower.

1. Past simple
2. Past continuous

Was Andrew playing computer games?

1. Past Continuous
2. Simple Past

We sang that song yesterday.

1. Past Simple
2. Past continuous

Dus......wanneer gebruik je de past continuous

Dus....hoe maak je de past continuous?

At the end of this lesson

- I know what the Past Continuous is

- I know how to make the Past Continuous

- I know how and when to use the Past Continuous

Let's Practice 

Do:

Exercise 53d,54, 55c, 56, 57 on page 69 and 70

Done?

Learn the words from chapter one

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Goals for today

At the end of this lesson..

• I know what the Past Continuous is
• I know how to make the Past Continuous
• I know how and when to use the Past Continuous