Past simple and past continuous

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

Welcome to today's English lesson!

With Ms Frijns

Background: Who is this?

By the end of this lesson, you...

...have refreshed your memory on the past simple in affirmative, question and negative sentences. 

...have refreshed your memory on the past continuous in affirmative, question and negative sentences. 

...have worked in your weektask. 

Lesinhoud

• The Past: Activity
  
• Explanation: past simple vs past continuous
• Work on your week task
• Vocabulary Quiz

Lesinhoud

• The Past: Activity
  
• Explanation: past simple vs past continuous
• Work on your week task

--> Take a sheet of paper and a pen on your table and do the following exercise -->

Past simple

1. It ... (be) a scary movie. 
   
2. Aiden ...(love) to go to the beach. 
   
3. Melissa ... (fancy) going skiing.
4.  We ...(not sleep) around eight. 
5. Tonya ...(go) home after dinner.
6. ... (be) James and Elliot home?
7. ... Janice ... (fly) to America yesterday?
8. Louise ... (not pass) the test last week. 

Past continuous

1. The press ... (not talk) to the celebrity. 
2. The birds ...(fly) around all night. 
3. She ...(tie) a bow in her hair. 
4. ... Betty ...(bake) chocolate cookies?
5. The drag queens ...(dance) on stage. 
6. ... the zebras ... (eat) just now?
7. ... the girls ... (go) to the party?
8. The boy ... (not listen) to his mother.

Past simple

1. It was a scary movie. 
   
2. Aiden loved to go to the beach. 
   
3. Melissa fancied going skiing.
4.  We did not sleep around eight. 
5. Tonya went home after dinner.
6. Were James and Elliot home?
7. Did Janice fly to America yesterday?
8. Louise did not pass the test last week. 

Past continuous

1. The press was talking to the celebrity. 
2. The birds were flying around all night. 
3. She was tying a bow in her hair. 
4. Was Betty baking chocolate cookies. 
5. The drag queens were dancing on stage. 
6. Were the zebras eating just now?
7. Were the girls going to the party?
8. The boy was not listening to his mother.

Past Simple vs Past Continuous

Past Simple vs Past Continuous

Past Simple:

• Je gebruikt de past simple wanneer iets in het verleden is gebeurt en nu is afgelopen. 
  
• Als er een tijdsbepaling in de zin staat.
  

Past continuous:

• Wanneer iets in het verleden is gebeurt en een tijdje heeft geduurd.
  

Past Simple vs Past Continuous

Past Simple: Grandmother called yesterday. 

Past Continuous: I was cleaning the room. 

Together: Grandmother called while I was cleaning my room.

Past Simple vs Past Continuous

Past Simple: Grandmother called yesterday. 

Past Continuous: I was cleaning the room. 

Together: Grandmother called while I was cleaning my room.

Why not: Grandmother was calling me when I cleaned my room?

Past Simple vs Past Continuous

Past Simple: Grandmother called yesterday. 

Past Continuous: I was cleaning the room. 

Together: Grandmother called while I was cleaning my room.

Why not: Grandmother was calling me when I cleaned my room?

Below you see different activities. Make three sentences. Use two activities per sentence: one in the past simple and one in the past continuous. 

Example sentence: "I was cooking spaghetti when the teacher arrived."

grandma calls

alarm goes off

cook spaghetti

watch TV

doorbell rings

song starts

teacher arrives

drink coffee

study maths

dog barking

break leg

swim in sea

Over to you...

Work on your weektask.