Past Simple Vs Past Continuous - Recap -

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• Leerjaar 3

Past Simple Vs Past Continuous - Recap -

H3

Today's Menu1- Revising the differences between the Past simple and the Past continuous.

       a- multiple choice task - 2 minute-quiz -

b- work sheet in pairs - 5 minutes-

         c- create one's own story - 10 minutes -

 

In which tense is the sentence below ?

We danced at his party last night.

1. Past simple
2. Past continuous
3. Present perfect
4. Future

We spotted a torture chair that prisoners were forced to sit in.

1. Past continuous
2. Past Simple
3. Future
4. Present perfect

It was raining cats and dogs yesterday evening.

1. Present perfect
2. Past simple
3. Past continuous
4. future

We use the past simple to ...

1. to describe a single completed action
2. to describe events in progress at a particular moment in the past

We use the past continuous to...

1. describe single events in progress at a particular moment in the past.
2. refer to periods of time or moments which are finished.

Work sheet - 5 mins -

Your teacher will give a work sheet to process together with your neighbour. 

Creative writing prompt - 10 mins-

Now, you are to create a short English story (of about 50 words). Your story should include three sentences in the past simple and two sentences in the past continuous. Fist write down your story on a piece of paper and after that you have to upload your document through 'Lesson Up'.

Creative writing
prompt

Recap: Briefly write
down what you have
learnt so far.