Grammar Continued

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2,5

Past simple & past continuous

Do you know the difference between past simple and past continuous?

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Write a sentence using past simple

Past Simple

Write a sentence using past continuous

Past Simple vs Past Continuous

Binnen de verleden tijd kennen we in de Engelse taal twee vormen: de past simple en de past continuous. De past simple is de meeste simpele vorm en de past continuous gebruik je als wilt aangeven dat je iets in het verleden een tijdje deed.

Past simple / past continuous

Om de past continuous te maken heb je altijd 2 werkwoorden nodig, 

namelijk een vervoeging van to be (was of were) + werkwoord met -ing erachter. 

to be      +            werkwoord-ing

 I was playing

 You were walking

He was studying

 She was eating

It was hurting

We were swimming

You were driving

They were travelling

Past Simple / Past Continuous

Past Simple <> Past Continuous
My friend ___ (to ring) me while I was watching TV.

1. were ringing
2. rang
3. rung
4. was ringing

Make correct sentences

Sleep de juiste woorden/het juiste woord naar de zin om een goede zin te maken (present perfect / past simple / past continuous)

We ______ (see) Alice in town a few days ago.

have

has

was

were

seen

seeing

saw

Mix it up! Make correct sentences

Sleep de juiste woorden/ het juiste woord naar de zin om een goede zin te maken (present perfect / past simple / past continuous)

I ______________ (make) dinner, when Luke arrived.

have

has

was

were

made

making

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Write a short story using past simple and past continuous about....

Volcanic eruption

Bank robbery

Escaped zoo animals

Alien invasion

-What was happening before the event?

-What were people doing?

-What happened?

-How did it begin?

-What was happening during the event? - People's reaction

-How did it end?

-What was happening after?

Shows something happened before something else....

When I finally arrived to the restaurant, they had already started.

Use often with past simple in ons sentence

The boy ran away after he had broken the window

 uses words after, before, when, as soon as

Before he moved to London, he had lived in New York

indirect rede-what someone said earlier

The Queen said it had all been a misunderstanding!

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Past Cont. vs Past Perfect

The past perfect continuous tense is used to talk about longer actions or situations which had continued up to the past moment that we are thinking about.

At that time I had been studying in London for three years.

When I found Susie, I could see that she had been crying.

Both past continuous and past perfect continuous tenses can be used to talk about actions or situations that were in progress at a certain point of time in the past. While the past continuous merely shows continuity, the past perfect continuous tense also puts an emphasis on the idea of duration. It is mainly used to indicate the duration of a past activity or state.

Past simple - past continuous