HV2 Past Simple vs Past Continuous

Past simple and past continuous
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Past simple and past continuous

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Recap past simple &  past continuous
How to use it separately and together  

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Past simple: how/when do you use it?
Use an example sentence.

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Affirmative:
verb+ ed
I walked to school yesterday

Negative:
Didn't + verb
I didn't walk to school yesterday 


Question:
Did..... verb
Did I walk to school yesterday
Past Simple - Regular Verbs

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Past Simple - Regular verbs

Spelling:
A verb ending on a consonant + -y, ---> -y in -ie:

  • I carry - I carried

No change with a vowel + -y :

  • I play - I played

When a verb ends with an -e, then just + -d 

  • I live - I lived

Final consonant is doubled when it ends with vowel + consonant:

  • I drop - I dropped
VOWELS

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Past Simple - Irregular verbs
Study them!

LearnBeat checkbook 2.1 
Irregular verbs

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Emily and I _____ to the zoo yesterday.
A
went
B
gone
C
was going
D
goed

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Kim _______ back
to a haunted house ever again.
A
don't / go
B
don't / went
C
didn't go
D
didn't went

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Past Continuous
How/when do you use it?
Use an example sentence

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Affirmative
was/were + verb + ing
I was watching tv

Negative
wasn't/ weren't + verb + ing
I wasn't watching tv






Question
Was/were......verb+ing
Was I watching tv?
Past Continuous

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Fred _______ down the hall,
when he dropped his phone.
A
walks
B
was walking
C
walked
D
were walking

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She ______ her teeth at 7 a.m. this morning, when her phone rang.
A
brushes
B
brushed
C
was brushing
D
brush

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

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Past simple - past continuous

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Past simple vs continuous
One thing is going on and then something else happens:

*you are having dinner from 17:00 - 18:00 and at 17:25 you get a phonecall
I was having dinner when I got a phonecall.
Sometimes 2 long actions happen.
She was dancing while she was cooking
Both will be past continuous 
While is an indicator

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Now let's practice them together:
past simple & past continuous

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George  ........ (fall) off the ladder while he ..... (paint) the ceiling.
Past continuous vs past simple
Sleep de juiste vorm naar de juiste plek in de zin.
fell
was falling
was painting
painted

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.... you ..... (you watch) TV when I ..... (call) you?
Past continuous vs past simple
Sleep de juiste vorm naar de juiste plek in de zin.
Did ... watch)
were .... watching
called
was calling

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What were you doing at 12.30?
I _______ to my friends
and ______ my lunch.
A
chatted, ate
B
was chatting, ate
C
chatted, was eating
D
was chatting, was eating

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She ______ while she ______ the dishes yesterday evening.
A
was singing, was doing
B
sang, were doing
C
was singing, did
D
sang, did

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You _______, when you _________
that the music wasn't on.
A
danced, were noticing
B
was dancing, noticed
C
were dancing, noticed
D
danced, was noticing

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I _________ a brownie, when
Mum _____ into the room.
A
was eating, walked
B
were eating, walked
C
ate, was walking
D
ate, were walking

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I now know how to use the Past Simple and Continuous separately and together.
A
Yesss ma'am
B
I have no clue
C
Almost there
D
I only know them separately

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The end

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