past simple and past continuous 1 tto

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

What do you remember from the Past Simple?

past simple

The past simple

The form for the past simple is the same for all persons

I   arrived yesterday

She/he/it  arrived yesterday

You arrived yesterday

We arrived yesterday

They arrived yesterday

Negative

The negative of the Past Simple is formed with didn't

I didn't arrive yesterday

She/he/it didn't arrive yesterday

You didn't arrive yesterday

We didn't arrive yesterday

They didn't arrive yesterday

Question

The question in the Past Simple is formed with did

When did  he/she/ it arrive?

Did you go to school yesterday?

Did it rain last night?

What is the past continuous?

Answer: The past continuous

• A past activity that has duration: "I had a good time while I was living in Paris".

• We also use the past continuous to express activites that started at some time in the past and are possibly still in progress after a time in the past.

"When I woke up this morning, the sun was shining".

form?

was/were + infinitive + ing

example

I was working on my essay when my mother came in.

Past Simple and Past Continuous

1. The Past Simple expresses completed past actions. The Past Continuous expresses activities in progress: I washed my hair last night. / I was washing my hair last night when the phone rang. 

2. A Past simple activity can interupt a Past Continuous activity: When I phoned Daan, he was having a shower.

what is the difference between past simple and past continuous?