3rd years - 3 past tenses

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• Leerjaar 3

Past Tense Review

Past Continuous vs Past Simple

Past simple

Past continuous

Past simple

Past continuous

Past Simple: Give an example with "work", "teach" and "swim" (one negative sentence)

Past simple 
REGULAR

Past simple 

IRREGULAR

swim

walk

drive

cook

give

have

Irregular verbs: zijn
... - ... - ...

Irregular verbs of 'worden'
.... - .... - ....

Translate: Ik gaf jullie gisteren les en toen viel iemand in slaap!

Vertaal: Terwijl ik aan het koken was, kwam m'n moeder thuis.

Swap!

While I was cooking my mother arrived

My mother arrived while I was cooking

When do we use the past continuous?

1. Right here
2. Right now
3. In the near future
4. Repetition

What does "while"mean? which tense is used AFTER it?

What does "when" mean? which tense is used AFTER it?

Which one is correct?

1. While I swam, I was hit by another person
2. While I was swimming, I was hit by another person
3. While I was swimming, I was being hit by another person
4. When I was swimming, I was hit by another person

To conclude:

Pas Continuous: action in the past being interrupted / while
Past  Simple = the interrupting action / when

I was playing when I heard the doorbell ring.

Past Perfect

:)

Vertaal: ik had alle vragen al beantwoord voordat de les begon.

I had answered all the questions before class started

When do we use the past perfect?

1. Action before another action in the past
2. finished action in the past
3. Action being interrupted in the past

Write a sentence in the past simple, the past continuous and the past perfect.

Work:

Page 12 & 13 workbook.
All exercises except listening.