past simple and past continuous 1 tto

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

What do you remember from the Past Simple?

past simple

The past simple

The form for the past simple is the same for all persons

I   arrived yesterday

She/he/it  arrived yesterday

You arrived yesterday

We arrived yesterday

They arrived yesterday

Negative

The negative of the Past Simple is formed with didn't

I didn't arrive yesterday

She/he/it didn't arrive yesterday

You didn't arrive yesterday

We didn't arrive yesterday

They didn't arrive yesterday

Question

The question in the Past Simple is formed with did

When did  he/she/ it arrive?

Did you go to school yesterday?

Did it rain last night?

The past continuous

• A past activity that has duration: "I had a good time while I was living in Paris".

• We also use the past continuous to express activites that started at some time in the past and are possibly still in progress after a time in the past.

"When I woke up this morning, the sun was shining".

form?

was/were + infinitive + ing

example

I was working on my essay when my mother came in.

Past Simple and Past Continuous

1. The Past Simple expresses completed past actions. The Past Continuous expresses activities in progress: I washed my hair last night. / I was washing my hair last night when the phone rang. 

2. A Past simple activity can interupt a Past Continuous activity: When I phoned Daan, he was having a shower.

Boris (learn) English?

1. was Boris learning
2. were Boris learning
3. was Boris learn
4. Boris was learning

I (not read) a magazine

1. I wasn't reading
2. I weren't reading
3. wasn't I reading
4. weren't I reading

your father (repair) the car?

1. were your father repairing
2. your father was repairing
3. was your father repairing
4. your father were rpairing

He (to watch)............... the news when the TV set(to break down)..........

1. was watching - was breaking down
2. watched - was breaking down
3. was watching - broke down
4. watched - broke down

what is the difference between past simple and past continuous?