KTH2's English Lesson covering the past continuous

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t
• Leerjaar 2,3

Today's Programme

• Show what you know! 
•  Uitleg: Ik kan aangeven in het Engels dat iets aan de gang was. (I was talking to my friend when my mother came in)
  
• Do: exercises on the worksheet 
• Check answers together; 

Show what you know

*Words + expressions (tips: write them down, break them up in syllables con-sc-i-ous) 

When you work together well, you can say that you _________.

1. coöperate
2. coorperate
3. cooperate
4. coperate

There were many people _______ in the Peace Protest March. There were about a 1000 people who took to the streets to protest.

1. agreement
2. riot
3. involved
4. claimed

Could I b______(lenen) your calculator? I have a mathematics test coming up and I left mine at home.

_________(gelukkig), the thief who had stolen my phone could be caught last summer.

Past continuous 

I was walking on the street when I saw a very famous celebrity. I stopped to see who it was. 

*Wat was hier aan de gang toen de actie werd onderbreken. 

Hoe maak je hem? 

Je gebruikt was / were + het werkwoord + ing om aan te geven dat iets een tijd aan de gang was. 

She was talking to a good friend..... (zij was aan het praten met een goede vriend(in)...

Je gebruikt de verleden tijdsvorm (werkwoord + ed / 2e vorm) om aan te geven dat de actie werd onderbroken. 

when her mother came in. (toen haar moeder binnenkwam)

was/were + werkwoord -ing 

-I was walking on the street when you saw your friend.

-You were walking on the street when you saw your friend.

-He/she/it was walking on the street when he/she/it....

-we were walking on the street when we saw our friend. 

-They were walking on the street when we they saw their friend.

Look at these examples

1.She was cleaning the floor, when her friend called 

                                                           (toen) 

____iets was aan de gang ______x   het werd onderbroken

2. My parents were doing the dishes while I was listening to music upstairs. 

   

In de situatie hierboven waren er twee dingen tegelijkertijd aan de gang 

-Je ouders waren de afwas aan het doen terwijl jij muziek aan het luisteren was.

Let op! 

while (terwijl) -> je gebruikt dan twee keer was/were + werkwoord + ing 

when (toen) -> onderbrak de actie -> je gebruikt dan het werkwoord + ed / 2e vorm (or. ww) 

The cleaner was ........... when he ..............

Answers

The man was sweeping the floor. He was singing when he suddenly hit the glass. 

The guard was calling a repair company while the glass was cracking .

My sister ___________(walk) the dog, when she saw the famous celebrity.

1. was walking
2. were walking
3. walked

My dog ___________(eat) his dog feed while my mother _________(prepare) dinner.

2. ate, was preparing
3. was eating, prepared
4. was eating, was preparing

Our neighbour ___________(paint) the door when he ______(hear) a noise.

1. painted, heard
2. was painting, heard
3. was painting, was hearing
4. painted, was hearing

Unit 4, lesson 5 

Turn to page 160

*First: Let's check the exercises that you did yesterday; 

Do: exercises 1,2,3,4,5,6,

till  ________

                                                                                                                                                                                    

outcome: we'll check the answers together