Past Continuous

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo, havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Today

Past continuous

- explanation

- exercises

Planning and the test

Today recap ch2

Next week (25): chapter 4 vocab and grammar: comparative

Week 26: ch4 grammar: suffix -ful/-less

Week 27 (start testweek): practice for test

Test in the testweek = about chapter 1, 2, 4 

How do we make the past continuous?

I was walking

you were walking

he, she, it was walking

we were walking

you were walking

they were walking

Past Simple or Past Continuous?

I was having a shower yesterday.

1. Past Simple
2. Past Continuous

Past Simple or Past Continuous?

She had a great time yesterday evening.

1. Past Simple
2. Past Continuous

Make notes!

Jij was aan het schoonmaken

Zij was aan het schoonmaken

Jullie waren aan het schoonmaken

Wanneer gebruik
je de
Past Continuous?

1. Als iets aan de gang is
2. Als iets gisteren is gebeurd
3. Als iets een tijdje aan de gang was
4. Als je wilt zeggen wat je aan het doen bent

Make a sentence in the past continuous. The sentence has to include Mrs Staal and a hamster.

Exercises

Do exercises in your student's book about the past continuous (page 130/131)