HAVO 5 Grammar Class 4 simple past past continuous

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HAVO 5 Grammar - Class 4

Today

Class work

- Check work

- Explanation simple past

- Explanation past continuous

Individually 

- Practise grammar 

Goals

Je kunt de simple past gebruiken.

Je kunt de past continuous gebruiken.

Check work

Make sure you correct any mistakes you might have. 

Simple past

I saw a movie yesterday.

I didn't see a play yesterday.

Last year, I traveled to Japan.

Last year, I didn't travel to Korea.

Did you have dinner last night?

She washed her car.

He didn't wash his car.

I lived in Brazil for two years.

Shauna studied Japanese for five years.

They sat at the beach all day.

They did not stay at the party the entire time.

Simple past

Onvoltooid verleden tijd

Hij las een goed boek en droomde erbij weg.

Ze werkte hard door en probeerde nergens aan te denken.

Hij luisterde naar zijn nieuwe CD. 

Simple past

When to use the tense?

Something happened in the past. Often you include when something happened. 

      I saw the new Star Wars movie last week. 

      Nick fell off his bike yesterday. 

      When we were children, we moved to the United States. 

         

Simple past

How to use the tense?

Regular sentence: verb + ed / irregular verbs have their own form 

I walked / I built

You walked / You built

He walked / He built

She walked / She built

It walked / It built

They walked / They built

We walked / We built

You walked / You built

Simple past

How to use the tense?

Question: did + subject + full verb

Did I walk...?  / Did I build...? 

Did you walk...?  / Did you build...? 

Did he walk...?  / Did hebuild...? 

Did she walk...?  / Did she build...? 

Did it walk...?  / Did it build...? 

Did they walk...?  / Did they build...? 

Did we walk...?  / Did we build...? 

Did you walk...?  / Did you build...? 

Simple past

How to use the tense?

Negation: did not / didn't + full verb

I didn't walk / I didn't build

You didn't walk / You didn't build

He didn't walk / He didn't build

She didn't walk / She didn't build

It didn't walk / It didn't build

They didn't walk / They didn't build

We didn't walk / We didn't build

You didn't walk / You didn't build

Past continuous

The sun was shining every day that summer.

As I spoke, the children were laughing at my cleverness.

The audience was applauding until he fell off the stage.

I was making dinner when she arrived.

At 6 o'clock, I was eating dinner.

She was talking constantly in class in those days.

Past continuous 

Onvoltooid verleden tijd

Hij was een boek aan het lezen. 

Ze was aan het werken. 

Hij wasnaar zijn nieuwe CD luisteren. 

Past continuous

When to use the tense?

Something was going on for a while in the past (and was interrupted by something else, that is the simple past) 

      I was watching a movie when she rang. 

      Yesterday at eight he was reading the newspaper. 

Past continuous

How to use the tense?

Regular sentence: was/were + verb +ing

I was walking

You were walking

He was walking

She was walking

It was walking

They were walking

We were walking

You were walking

Past continuous

How to use the tense?

Question: was/were + subject + verb + ing

Was I walking? 

Were you walking? 

Was he/she/it walking?

Were we walking?

Were they walking?

Were you walking? 

Past continuous

How to use the tense?

Negation: wasn't / weren't + verb + ing

I wasn't walking

You weren't walking

He wasn't walking

She wasn't walking

It wasn't walking

They weren't walking

We weren't walking

You weren't walking

What to do? 

Do exercises about simple past and past continuous

Finished?

Go to Quizlet and study the SLL wordlist 

End of the class

So far, we have practised:

- simple present

- present continuous

- present perfect

- present perfect continuous

- future

- simple past

- past continuous

Next class: past perfect (continuous)

Homework: finish the exercises, study the words 

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