Past simple - Past continuous

Past continuous - Past simple
Explanation grammar and recap


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Past continuous - Past simple
Explanation grammar and recap


Slide 1 - Slide

Past simple / past continuous

Slide 2 - Slide

Write a sentence in the past simple using the verb 'go'.

Slide 3 - Open question

Write a sentence in the past continuous using the verb 'go'.

Slide 4 - Open question

Past simple
ww + ed 
or 2nd column of the irregular verbs

Examples:
He left early.
She worked at home.

Slide 5 - Slide

Past continuous
was/were ww+ing

Example:
They were travelling.
She was reading.

NL:
'was/waren aan het'.

Slide 6 - Slide

Pay attention!
  • When two actions/events happen after one another,  you use past simple twice. 
  • When two actions/events happen simultaneously, you use  past continuous twice.
  • And when a longer action/event is interrupted by a shorter action/event, you use past continuous AND past simple.

Slide 7 - Slide

So for example:
When two actions/events happen after each other , you use past simple twice. 

First she did her homework, then she watched a film.

Slide 8 - Slide

So for example:
When two actions/events happen simultaneously, you use
past continuous twice.

While my father was cooking dinner, my mother was helping the kids with their homework.

Slide 9 - Slide

So for example:
And when a longer action/event is interrupted by a shorter action/event, you use past continuous AND past simple..

We were watching TV when the bell rang.
When you called me, I was taking a shower.

Slide 10 - Slide

Let's give it a go!

Slide 11 - Slide

Interrupted
Simultaneously
After one another
When I got home, I had a cup of tea.
While my sister was watching TV, I was listening to music.
I was studying for English when my father called me.

Slide 12 - Drag question

While Lynn was sleeping,
Kim finished the presentation.
A
Past simple - past simple
B
Past continuous - past simple
C
Past continuous - past continuous
D
Past simple - past continuous

Slide 13 - Quiz

Mom swore when dad fell off his bike.
A
past simple - past simple
B
past continuous - past simple
C
past simple - past continuous
D
past continuous - past continuous

Slide 14 - Quiz

Choose the correct form of the verb in brackets:
My brother ... (dance) when I ... (come) in.
A
danced - came
B
was dancing - was coming
C
was dancing - came
D
danced - was coming

Slide 15 - Quiz

Dad ... (watch) a documentary about apes while we ... (read) a book.
A
watched - were reading
B
watched - read
C
was watching - read
D
was watching - were reading

Slide 16 - Quiz

The chef ... (cook) a nice meal after he ... (came) in late.
A
was cooking - came
B
cooked - was coming
C
cooked - came
D
was cooking - was coming

Slide 17 - Quiz

I understand the past simple/past continuous
0100

Slide 18 - Poll