Past tenses

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EngelsMiddelbare schoolhavo, vwoLeerjaar 2

This lesson contains 24 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.

time-iconLesson duration is: 30 min

Items in this lesson

Slide 1 - Slide

Aims
1) Refresh the difference between the past simple and past continuous
2) Fill in the correct form of the past in sentences
3) Use both the present simple and present continous in a short written text. 

Slide 2 - Slide

Past simple regular verbs

Past simple irregular verbs
swim
walk
drive
cook
give
have

Slide 3 - Drag question

Simple past
Past continuous
was cycling
were doing
cried
slept
was studying
watched
was reading

Slide 4 - Drag question

Listen

Slide 5 - Slide

Past continuous
Listen

Slide 6 - Slide

Slide 7 - Slide

Fill in the past simple:
(run) He _______ the other way.

Slide 8 - Open question

Fill in the past simple:
(arrange) He _____ everything.

Slide 9 - Open question

Fill in the past simple:
Jane .... (to play) tennis yesterday.

Slide 10 - Open question

Fill in the past simple:
(touch) ________ you really _______ that bird?

Slide 11 - Open question

Fill in the past simple:
(talk) They ____ all night long.

Slide 12 - Open question

Fill in the past simple:
(run) ___ she ____ that way?

Slide 13 - Open question

Fill in past simple:
(to be) My mother _____ sick.

Slide 14 - Open question

Fill in the past simple:
(to be) You _____ so lame.

Slide 15 - Open question

Put the sentence in the past
We ...(have) dinner when the doorbell (ring).

Slide 16 - Open question

Put the sentence in the past
I ............(walk) the dog when the accident ..... (happen).

Slide 17 - Open question

Put the sentence in the past
My parents ...... (work) in the garden when my uncle ....... (walk) in.

Slide 18 - Open question

Put the sentence in the past
It ....... (rain) when I ............ (hear) the thunder.

Slide 19 - Open question

Put the sentence in the past
They ......... (polish) the floor when we ....... (call).

Slide 20 - Open question

Write 5 sentences about what you did this week. Make sure to use both the present simple AND the present continuous

Slide 21 - Open question

I feel like I can correctly use the past simple most of the time
YES
NO
YES, BUT I'D LIKE TO PRACTICE MORE

Slide 22 - Poll

I feel like I can correctly use the present continous in sentences
YES
NO
YES, BUT I'D LIKE TO PRACTICE MORE

Slide 23 - Poll

I feel like I understand the difference between the past simple and past continuous
YES
NO
I DO, BUT I'D LIKE TO PRACTICE MORE

Slide 24 - Poll