past simple + past continuous week 5 2KGT-n


Past simple and past continuous
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Past simple and past continuous

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recap past simple &  past continuous

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past simple
How do we form the past simple?
When do we use the past simple?

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Past simple: how/when do you use it?
Use an example sentence.

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Past Simple - Regular Verbs
After a regular verb you put '-ed'

I walk -> I walked
He walks -> He walked
They walk -> They walked

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Past Simple - Regular verbs

Spelling:
A verb ending on a consonant + -y, ---> -y in -ie:

  • I carry - I carried

No change with a vowel + -y :

  • I play - I played

When a verb ends with an -e, then just + -d 

  • I live - I lived

Final consonant is doubled when it ends with vowel + consonant:

  • I drop - I dropped
VOWELS

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Past Simple - Irregular verbs

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zitten
A
sit sat sat
B
sat sit sat
C
sit sitted sat
D
sit sitted sitted

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slapen
A
slep slep slep
B
slep slept slept
C
sleep slepped slepped
D
sleep slept slept

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brengen/meenemen
A
bring brougt brougt
B
bring brought brought
C
bring bring bring
D
bring bringed brought

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denken
A
tink thought thought
B
think thought thought
C
tink tought tought
D
think thougt thougt

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vangen
A
catch cought cought
B
catch caugt caugt
C
catch caught caught
D
catch catched catched

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keep
fight
sat
brought
meant
kept
fought
sit
bring
mean

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Emily and I _____ to the zoo yesterday.
A
went
B
go
C
was going
D
goed

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Anna and Charles ______
a game last week.
A
play
B
played
C
did play
D
were playing

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_____ you ____ the new David Attenborough last night on Netflix?
A
do / watch
B
did / watched
C
did / watch
D
were / watching

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Kim _______ back
to a haunted house ever again.
A
don't / go
B
don't / went
C
didn't go
D
didn't went

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____ he ____ the guitar
when he was young?
A
did / plays
B
did / played
C
did / play
D
was / playing

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Past simple - past continuous

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Past continuous form

Affirmative
was/were + verb + ing
I was watching tv

Negative
wasn't/ weren't + verb + ing
I wasn't watching tv

Subject questions
Who + was + verb + ing
Who was watching tv?




Yes or no questions
was/were + subject + verb + ing
Was she watching tv?

Short answers
yes/no + subject + was (not) /were (not)
No, she wasn't 

Wh- questions
Wh- word + was/were + subject + verb + ing
What were you watching?

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We use the past continuous...
1. to describe a background scene in a story or in a description of a main event.

2. to talk about an action that was in progress when another action took place
(for the shorter action, which happened while the longer one was in progress, we use the past simple)


Examples:

1. At 7 a.m. Doug was having breakfast. He was sitting  at the table and he was drinking coffee.

2. When he was finishing his breakfast, Meg came into the kitchen

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Past simple
Past continuous
Past simple
Past continuous

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Let's practice!
past continuous

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Fred _______ down the hall,
when he dropped his phone.
A
walks
B
was walking
C
walked
D
were walking

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She ______ her teeth at 7 a.m. this morning, when her phone rang.
A
brushes
B
brushed
C
was brushing
D
brush

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I ______ fun on my phone,
when my sister ruined the mood.
A
had
B
have
C
was having
D
were having

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They _________ their trip,
when they saw a giant spider.
A
was enjoying
B
were enjoying
C
enjoyed
D
did enjoy

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

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Now let's practice them together:
past simple & past continuous

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Past simple
Past continuous
was watching
thought
were sleeping
was running
were 
was thinking
cancelled

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George  ........ (fall) off the ladder while he ..... (paint) the ceiling.
Past continuous vs past simple
Fill in the correct form.
fell
was falling
was painting
painted

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.... you ..... (you watch) TV when I ..... (call) you?
Past continuous vs past simple
Did ... watch)
Were .... watching
called
was calling

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He _______ TV,
when he _____ something.
A
was watching, was hearing
B
was watching, heard
C
was watching, heared
D
watched, was hearing

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She ______ while she ______ the dishes yesterday evening.
A
was singing, was doing
B
sang, were doing
C
was singing, did
D
sang, did

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You _______, when you _________
that the music wasn't on.
A
danced, were noticing
B
was dancing, noticed
C
were dancing, noticed
D
danced, was noticing

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What were you doing at 13.30?
I _______ to my friends
and ______ my lunch.
A
chatted, ate
B
was chatting, ate
C
chatted, was eating
D
was chatting, eating

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We _______ and you _______,
when he _______ into the room.
A
were drinking, were talking, was entering
B
were drinking, were talking, entered
C
drank, talked, was entering
D
drank, talked, entered

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I _________ a brownie, when
Mum _____ into the room.
A
was eating, walked
B
were eating, walked
C
ate, was walking
D
ate, were walking

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I know how to use
the past simple.
A
yes
B
no
C
kind of

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I know how to use
the past continuous.
A
yes
B
no
C
kind of

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The end

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