Past simple and Past continuous

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Past simple and Past continuous

What do you remember
about the Past simple?
Fill in what you know.

Past Simple

In the video you saw how to use the Past simple.  We will shortly show it again in these slides. Past simple(verleden tijd) must be used when we describe something that took place in the past at a specified time. 

- The past tense of regular verbs is formed by adding -ed to the verb.

- If the verb ends in -e, only -d is added: notice - noticed.

- In questions and negative sentences  did is used.

- Irregular verbs do not form their past tense by adding -ed: buy - bought

Spelling Past simple

1. Verbs ending in -y, 

copy - copied (copy: medeklinker + y)

stay- stayed (stay: klinker + y)

2. -c becomes -ck, 

panic - panicked, 

picnic - picnicked

Spelling Past simple

Spelling: doubling of final consonant

1. stop - stopped (stress op klinker: o)

2. prefer - preferred (stress op klinker:e)

3. develop - developed (geen stress op de laatste lettergreep)

4. succeed - succeeded (2 klinkers: ee)

5. cancel - cancelled (de l wordt verdubbeld)

6. mail - mailed (2 klinkers: ai)

Practice Test

What is the correct Past simple form for the verb:
occur

1. occurred
2. occureed
3. occured
4. occurt

What is the correct Past simple form for the verb:
travel

1. traveled
2. travelled
3. travelt
4. travelleed

What is the correct Past simple form for the verb:
deny

1. denied
2. denyed
3. dennied
4. deniet

What is the correct Past simple negative form for the next sentence:
You arrived yesterday.

1. Not you arrived yesterday.
2. You arrived not yesterday.
3. You did not arrive yesterday.
4. Do you arrive yesterday.

well done

What do you remember about
the Past continuous?
Write it down here.

Past continuous

The Past continuous (verleden tijd duurvorm) is used to describe that something was going on in the past. 

Somebody was in the middle of doing something in the past. 

The Past continuous consists of the past tense of be + the -ing form of a verb.

Past continuous

Often the Past simple and the Past continuous are used in one sentence. To describe that something happened (past simple) while something else was going on (past continuous).

1. When he phoned, I was watching tv.

2. He spotted a mistake while he was checking the accounts.

3. As she was having lunch, the phone rang.

Choose the correct tense:
past simple or past continuous
He (work) in France for two years.

1. was working
2. had worked
3. had been working
4. worked

Past simple or Past continuous?

I was having a shower yesterday.

1. Past simple
2. Past continuous

He worked very hard.

1. Past Simple
2. Past Continuous

Choose the correct tense:
past simple or past continuous
I (watch) TV when Susan phoned me.

1. was watching
2. watched
3. watch
4. had been watching

Choose the correct tense:
past simple or past continuous
Yesterday at 10.30 I (play) tennis.

1. played
2. was playing
3. had been playing
4. plaied

Simple past

Past continuous

was cycling

were doing

cried

slept

was studying

watched

was reading

Past simple

Past continuous

was watching

thought

were sleeping

was running

were 

was thinking

cancelled

Well done!

 

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