Past Continuous

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 2

Past simple - past continuous

Aim ...

• I recognise the past tense. 
• I know the difference between the past simple and the past continuous. 
• I know when something was just a snapshot and when something lasted longer in the past. 
• I know how and when to use the past continuous and the past simple. 

Past continuous

How do you form it?

She was walking to school, when her phone rang.

I was drinking some tea, when my husband was working.

What were you thinking of (when I interupted you)?

So the rule is: .................................

How do you form the past continuous?

Past Continuous

was

                                   of        +  ww   +  ing

were

He was cleaning the house.

Past Continuous

Past Continous en Past Simple

Past Continuous = was going on in the past (waren aan het..., zaten te...)

Past Simple = something happened at a certain time in the past

Past simple or Past continuous?

I was having a shower yesterday.

1. Past simple
2. Past continuous

Was Andrew playing computer games?

1. Past Continuous
2. Simple Past

We sang that song yesterday.

1. Past Simple
2. Past continuous

When do you use e 'was' and when do you use 'were'?

So......when do you use the past continuous?

When do you use the past simple (verleden tijd)?

We ______
(watch) TV when we ______
(hear) a loud noise.

1. were watching - heared
2. was watching - heared
3. were watching - heard
4. was watching - heard

Last year I _____
(visit) Paris and Rome.

1. was visiting
2. visited
3. were visiting
4. visitted

He ____
(work) in the garden when he _____
(find) the money.

1. were working - finded
2. worked - was finding
3. was finding - works
4. was working - found

I understand the difference between the past simple and past continuous and know when and how to use these tenses.

1. Yes
2. I have no idea
3. sometimes
4. I already knew before we started this lesson.