Klas 3 - Period 2 - TL - Past simple & Past continuous

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t
• Leerjaar 1,2

Grammar past simple & 
Past continuous 

Past simple

Past Simple

Je gebruikt de Past Simple als iets gebeurd is in de verleden tijd en ook beëindigd is.

Wij noemen de Past Simple de Verleden Tijd.

 Regelmatige werkwoorden (rww)

Achter het werkwoord plaats je 'ed'

I walk -> I walked

it rains-> it rained

they beg-> they begged

Past Simple - Onregelmatige werkwoorden

Sommige werkwoorden zijn onregelmatig (OWW) en dat betekent dat ze geen '-ed' krijgen maar hun eigen vorm hebben.

to write  -> wrote              I wrote her a letter last week.

to go       -> went               He went to Italy last year.

to make -> made              They made a very nice meal two days                                                     ago.

Wat is de Past Simple van go

1. gone
2. went
3. goed
4. goes

Wat is de Past Simple van tell

1. told
2. tolded
3. telled
4. tolt

Wat is de Past Simple van think

1. tought
2. taught
3. thought
4. thinked

Wat is de Past Simple van see

1. saw
2. seen
3. see
4. seed

Wat is de Past Simple van work

1. works
2. worked
3. working
4. work

Wat is de Past Simple van help

1. helping
2. helped
3. helps
4. help'd

Wat is de Past Simple van buy

1. buyed
2. bought
3. boughd
4. bught

My sister .......... (play) the guitar last year.

They ....... (go) home after school yesterday.

Past Continuous

Past Continuous

When something was going on for a period of time in the past.

We were playing football yesterday

Past Continuous

                                                         was/ were      +        ww+ing

I was playing

You were playing

He,she, it was playing

We were playing

You were playing

They were playing

Fill in the past continuous:

We ..... a good movie when the phone rang

1. watched
2. have watched
3. were watching
4. are watching

Boris ... (learn) English

1. was learning
2. is learning
3. has learned
4. will learn

They ...... (swim) in the lake

1. are swimming
2. were swam
3. were swimming
4. have swum

Your father ..... (repair) the car

1. will have been repairing
2. is repairing
3. repaired
4. was repairing

I ..... (read) a magazine

1. read
2. was reading
3. am reading
4. will read

You ...... (pack) your bag

1. am packing
2. were packing
3. packed
4. will have packed

My friends ..... (watch) the match on TV

1. have been watching
2. watched
3. were watching
4. are watching

Past Simple vs Past Continuous

Simple past

Past continuous

was cycling

were doing

cried

slept

was studying

watched

was reading

Past simple or Past continuous?

I was having a shower.

1. Past simple
2. Past continuous

Past simple or Past continuous?

She ate an apple yesterday.

1. Past simple
2. Past continuous

Past simple & Past continuous

I .....(read) the newspaper, when all of a sudden the cat ...... (jump) on my lap.

Past simple & past continuous

I .... (wait)for the bus when it .......(start) to rain.

I understand the difference between the past simple and the past continuous....

1. Perfectly!
2. Quite well, need to study a bit more.
3. Not really, I need to study a lot.
4. Not at all! Can you help me?

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