Past Simple/Continuous / Quantifiers

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 1

Recap past simple and continuous / quantifiers

Past simple when

Talk about finished actions at a specific moment in the past

Signal words:

yesterday, last week, a year ago, on Tuesday, this morning,

at 5 a.m., an hour ago, etc...

Past

Present

X

Past continuous

When something happened in the past for a longer period of time.

was/were + verb + ing

I was playing a game with my friend.

Past continuous questions

How:

was/were + subject + verb + ing

Examples (?)

Was Jamie pronouncing the words correctly?

Were Merel and Lmar talking about the test we just made?

Past simple and continuous

When:

• When a longer action is interrupted by another action.
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Example:

I was reading when Celeste walked in.

Lina and Tom were texting each other when the storm hit.

Past simple and continuous

Past

Present

X

Past

Present

X

Past

Present

Use the past simple/continuous

I / run / in the park / when / Joanna /call/ me

past simple/past continuous

We ............ dinner when my father's colleague ....... us a visit.

1. are having/pays
2. are having/to pay
3. were have/paid
4. were having/paid

past simple/past continuous

Last night Jason ................. a game when his mother ................ him.

1. is playing/calls
2. plays/calls
3. is playing/called
4. was playing/called

past simple/past continuous
He ___ the city while they ____ ____ out.

1. was exploring, were dining
2. explored, was dining
3. explore, were dining
4. explored, were dining

past simple/past continuous

When father ... home my brother got scared and quickly ... in the closet.

1. came/hid
2. came/had been
3. came/was hiding
4. was coming, was hiding

past simple/past continuous
I ____ (to walk) down the road when a car hit me.

1. walked
2. was walking
3. were walking
4. walk

Use past simple and past continuous:
Yesterday I ...... him while I ..... ! (not see / shop)

past simple/past continuous
The boy ___ (to play) in the tree when he ____ (to fall) out.

1. played / fell
2. was playing / was falling
3. was playing / fell
4. played / was falling

past simple/past continuous

You ... (study) when she called.

1. Present Perfect
2. Past Simple
3. Past Continuous
4. Present simple

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

past simple

past continuous

past simple / past continuous

She was walking the dog when I ... (to look) at her.

1. looked
2. looking
3. had been looking
4. were looking

MAKE A NEGATIVE PAST CONTINUOUS SENTENCES.

THEY / TALK / AT THIS TIME YESTERDAY.

MAKE A QUESTION IN PAST CONTINUOUS/PAST SIMPLE.

TOM / COOK / WHEN / YOU / ARRIVE.

MAKE A QUESTION IN PAST SIMPLE.

Nichole / be / in the school / yesterday

MAKE A NEGATIVE SENTENCE IN PAST SIMPLE.

Holly / wear / a skirt / this morning.

Countable

• things you CAN count
  
  

• words that have a:
  singular & plural
  
  

an apple >  2 ...?  = apples
a tomato >  5 ...?  = tomatoes
a child >  3 ...? = children

Uncountable

• things you CANNOT count

• always singular!
  
  

cheese
water
sugar

Some or Any

Some and Any both mean a little 

Use Some for affirmative sentences, when you make an offer or for requests

I have some money / Would you like some tea? / Could I have some money please?

Use Any for negatives and questions

I don't have any money. / Have you got any questions?

Much, many & a lot

Much = Uncountable nouns (negative and question)

Many = Countable nouns (negative and question)

A lot = Affirmative sentences (positive)

I don’t think we have ___ coffee.

1. any
2. some
3. many
4. a

How ___ glasses of water do you drink every day?

1. many
2. much
3. lot
4. cups

Would you like ___ apples? Yes, two please.

1. many
2. much
3. some
4. many

Have you got ___ teas?

1. many
2. any
3. a lot of
4. many

We live in ___ industrial town in ___ north of Italy.

1. a / the
2. an / the
3. an / -
4. - / the

Are you any good at ___ maths?

1. the
2. a
3. an
4. -

My parents are both ___ doctors.

1. a
2. an
3. the
4. -

Are you ready for the test?

YES, OF COURSE

MAYBE

I WILL STUDY MORE