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• Leerjaar 2

Welcome to Delta V2 Grammar

You are here because your teacher thinks you need some delta hours or because you asked for help :)

Today, you can tell me what you expect from this delta. 

You know when to and how to use the past simple and past continuous. 

Maybe also 'used to'? If we have time :)

Expectations

Listen to each other and to me.

Phones in bags, laptop closed unless I say otherwise.

Respect each other.

Use as much English as possible.

Mistakes are a-okay!

Let's identify the past simple and past continuous together

Past Simple

= completed actions, facts in the past

It was winter. I needed to go to London. 

Ms. Z watched Captain America last weekend. 

= yesterday , last week, last year, five minutes ago, last Monday...

• Past Continuous
  
  = longer actions/situations in progress at a time in the past
  
  
• It was snowing and the traffic was moving really slowly. 
  Ms. Zelenecka was watching the movie and eating popcorn at the same time. 

Past simple

Past continuous

also: to describe the background to a story.

What was the last movie you watched?

Answer with a full sentence (past simple)

What book were you reading a month ago for your reading file?
Answer with a full sentence (past continuous)

Past continuous with the past simple

You can use the 2 together to talk about 2 actions that happened at the same time = met 2 acties die tegelijkertijd plaatsvonden

Past continuous = longer action in progress = langer durende actie

Past simple = short action (that interrupts the long action) = korte actie (die de lange actie onderbreekt)

Ms. D was watching the movie in the dark when somebody knocked on the door.

Practice - do the activities on the worksheet:

1. choose 'was, were, weren't, wasn't'

2. pick between past simple or past continuous

3. complete the story with the past simple and continuous

While or when ? = to join 2 actions in the past

while + long action => past continuous

when + short action => simple past

I was walking past the car when it exploded.

When the car exploded, I was walking past it.

The car exploded while I was walking past it.

While I was walking past the car, it exploded.

activity 1

activity 2

Write 1 sentence with 'used to' about your summers 2 years ago.
Write 1 sentence you 'didn't' do 2 summers ago - use 'used to' here too.

Ms. Zelenecka's life in Slovakia 20 years ago:

• I used to play outside every day after school.
• I used to visit my grandma every weekend.
• We didn't use to have fast internet. 
• Our dad brought home a puppy one Christmas day.

USED TO + verb

1. = to talk about past states that are no longer true
   
   
2. = to talk about regular past actions that don't happen anymore
   
   
3. don't use used to to talk about past actions that only happened once! => past simple
   

What are your expectations of this Grammar delta? What do you want to see in these lessons?
What kind of activities do you want to do? (e.g. do grammar explanation again or just practice?)

Do you feel like you can use the past simple and past continuous better now?

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