Stepping Stones chapter 1: past simple + past continuous + stones

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

Past simple/Past continuous + stones

recap past simple & explanation past continuous

past simple

How do we form the past simple?

When do we use the past simple?

Past simple: Give an example sentence.

Past Simple - Regular Verbs

After a regular verb you put '-ed'

I walk -> I walked

He walks -> He walked

They walk -> They walked

Past Simple - Regular verbs

Spelling:
A verb ending on a consonant + -y, ---> -y in -ie:

• I carry - I carried

No change with a vowel + -y :

• I play - I played

When a verb ends with an -e, then just + -d 

• I live - I lived

Final consonant is doubled when it ends with vowel + consonant:

• I drop - I dropped

VOWELS

Past Simple - Irregular verbs

Spelling:
THESE DON"T FOLLOW THE NORMAL RULE OF VERB + D/ED/IED

SO YOU HAVE TO LEARN THEM BY HEART

THAT'S WHY YOU STUDIED THE IRREGULAR VERBS AND HAD A TEST

Example:

BUY:  She bought a shirt yesterday

Did she buy a shirt?

She didn't buy a shirt.

Past Simple - Irregular verbs

Emily and I _____ to the zoo yesterday.

1. went
2. go
3. was going
4. goed

Anna and Charles ______
a game last week.

1. play
2. played
3. did play
4. were playing

_____ you ____ the new David Attenborough last night on Netflix?

1. do / watch
2. did / watched
3. did / watch
4. were / watching

Kim _______ back
to a haunted house ever again.

1. don't / go
2. don't / went
3. didn't go
4. didn't went

____ he ____ the guitar
when he was young?

1. did / plays
2. did / played
3. did / play
4. was / playing

Let's practice!

past continuous

I ______ fun on my phone,
when my sister ruined the mood.

1. had
2. have
3. was having
4. were having

She ______(sing) while she ______(do) the dishes yesterday evening.

1. was singing, was doing
2. sang, were doing
3. was singing, did
4. sang, did

You _______(dance), when you _________(notice)
that the music wasn't on.

1. danced, were noticing
2. was dancing, noticed
3. were dancing, noticed
4. danced, was noticing

What were you doing at 13.30?
I _______(chat) to my friends
and ______(eat) my lunch.

1. chatted, ate
2. was chatting, ate
3. chatted, was eating
4. was chatting, was eating

We _______(drink) and you _______(talk),
when he _______(enter) into the room.

1. were drinking, were talking, was entering
2. were drinking, were talking, entered
3. drank, talked, was entering
4. drank, talked, entered

I _________(eat) a brownie, when
Mum _____ (walk)into the room.

1. was eating, walked
2. were eating, walked
3. ate, was walking
4. ate, were walking

I know how to use
the past simple.

1. yes
2. no
3. kind of

Stones

Wat was je vakantiebestemming?

Ik reisde naar Frankrijk met mijn moeder op 3 juni.

We waren Parijs aan het verkennen toen het begon te regenen.

We hebben er erg van genoten, maar ik zou daar niet nog eens heen gaan.

I know how to use
the past continuous.

1. yes
2. no
3. kind of

MAKE NOTES

Now make notes for yourself about PAST SIMPLE and PAST CONTINUOUS

1 When do you use it?

2 Form? (what happens to the verb . ? -)

Key words (signaalwoorden)

WORKBOOK

Pages 68-71

Do exercises 53, 54, 55 (only a/b), 56, 57

HOMEWORK

Finish pages 68-71

Do exercises 53, 54, 55 (only a/b), 56, 57

Vocab 
Theme words, A, C, F, G
(worksheet)

The end