past continuous + past simple

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo, mavo, havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1-4

the past continuous

When do you use it?

The rule(s)

Practice exercises

Explanation

the past continuous

When do we use it?

• We use the past continuous  to describe an action in progress at a specific moment in the past.
• The band was playing a song.
• It was raining all day!

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the past continuous

When do we use it?

• We often use the past continuous and the past simple together in the same sentence.

• I was playing a game when my brother rushed in.

(longer action)                                          (shorter past simple action)  

                                                                             

• They were cooking when the phone rang.

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the past continuous

The rule(s)

• een vorm van to be in de verleden tijd (was/were) + ww-ing

• I was playing a game when my brother rushed in.
• They were kissing when the phone rang.

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When do you use was and were ?

I was walking

she/he/it was walking

you were walking

we were walking

they were walking

I was dancing	I wasn't dancing	Was I dancing?
You were laughing	You weren't lauging	Were you laughing?
He / she / is was travelling	He / she / it wasn't travelling	Was he / she / it travelling?
We were eating	We weren't eating	Were we eating?
You were cycling	You weren't cycling	Were you cycling?
They were swimming	They weren't swimming	Were they swimming?

postive: past continuous

negative: past continuous

questions in the past continuous

When do we use past continuous?

1. what was going on at some point in the past
2. what is happening at this moment
3. what was going on at some point in the future
4. a finished event in the past

What is the rule for forming the past continuous?

1. was/were + ww-ing
2. am/are/is + ww-ing
3. have/has + ww-ed
4. ww-ed

past continuous of 'sleep'

1. am/is/are sleeping
2. was/were sleeping
3. slept
4. have been sleeping

which is in the past continuous?

1. I ate a sandwich
2. I was eating a sandwich
3. I have been eating a sandwich
4. I am eating a sandwich

Past Continuous:
Which sentence is in the Past continuous?

1. They were living in poverty.
2. They are living in poverty.
3. They lived in poverty.
4. They have been living in poverty.

We _______________ (write) a letter when I received a text.

1. were writing
2. was writing
3. did write
4. are going to write

Last Friday, between 8 and 10 AM, we _____ (work).

1. was working
2. worked
3. were working

My friends ... the match on TV, when the television caught fire

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

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Homework

page 128/129 Past Continuous 2B

Do the exercises on page 129 2B a and b

Vorm van de past simple & past continuous

Past simple	Past continuous
OF: ww + (e)d	ALTIJD in 3 stappen
bv: walk - walked, dance - danced	1. verleden tijd van to be ( was of were )
OF: eigen vorm	2. ww
teach - taught, drive - drove, pay - paid	3. ing
	He was danc ing , they were talk ing , I was sleep ing

Gebruik van de past simple & past continuous

Past simple	Past continuous
Een gebeurtenis in het verleden met een duidelijk begin en einde.	Een gebeurtenis in het verleden die enige tijd duurde (aan-het-doen)
Yesterday I cooked dinner for my family.	I was reading a book (when.......)
This morning I went to the dentist.	She was visiting her grandmother (when...)

Past simple / Past Continuous
He .... (listen) to music when his mother ...(call) him

1. listened / was calling
2. were listening / called
3. is listening / calls
4. was listening / called

Past simple / Past continuous
I ....( break) my mirror while I ...( park) my car.

1. breaked / was parking
2. broke / was parking
3. broke / were parking
4. break / am parking.

past simple / past continuous
While I ...( study) my sister suddenly ( knock) on the door.

1. was studying / knocked
2. were studying / knocked
3. studied / knocked
4. studied / was knocking.

OPDRACHTEN

Solutions pre-intermediate

Student's book blz. 17

2D opdrachten: 1 t/m 5