Revision: past simple vs continuous

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo b
• Leerjaar 3,4

Past Simple vs Past Continuous

past simple vs past continuous

Refreshing our memories

The rule(s)

Practice exercises

• een tijdstip, feit, gebeurtenis in het verleden

• om te zeggen wat je toen aan het doen was

• korte gebeurtenis 

past simple

How do we make it?

werkwoord + ed    of  2e rijtje onregelmatige ww

• I was playing a game when my brother rushed in.
• They were kissing when the phone rang.

• een vorm van to be in de verleden tijd (was/were) + ww-ing

• I was playing a game when my brother rushed in.
• They were kissing when the phone rang.

past continuous

When do we use it?

• om te zeggen dat iets in het verleden op een bepaald moment aan de gang was. > Langere gebeurtenis. 

• The band was playing a song.
• It was raining all day!

Simple past

Past continuous

was cycling

were doing

cried

slept

was studying

watched

was reading

Past simple or Past continuous?

I was having a shower.

1. Past simple
2. Past continuous

Past simple or Past continuous?

She ate an apple yesterday.

1. Past simple
2. Past continuous

In een zin met de past continuous EN de past simple, onderbreekt de .............. de .................... .

1. past simple de past continuous
2. past continuous de past simple

Past Simple and Past Continuous
Olga ___ (play) volleyball
when she was eight years old.

Past Simple or Past Continuous
What ___ Leo ___ (do)
when you called him yesterday?

Past simple or Past continuous:
My sister (do) the dishes when I (come home

Past Simple or Past Continuous
The internet ___ (not exist) in 1980.

past continuous or past simple::
Jack ........... (smoke) a cigarette
when the headmaster ............. (see) him.

Fill in: Use the past continuous

We _______________ (write) a letter when I received a text.

The clock _______________ (tick) .

A wind ______________ (blow), it gave a cold sensation.

past simple vs past continuous

Fill in: Use the past continuous

We _______________ (write) a letter when I received a text.

The clock _______________ (tick) .

A wind ______________ (blow), it gave a cold sensation.

past simple vs past continuous