HV2 Past Simple vs Past Continuous

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Past simple and past continuous

Recap past simple &  past continuous

How to use it separately and together  

Past simple: how/when do you use it?
Use an example sentence.

Affirmative:

verb+ ed

I walked to school yesterday

Negative:

Didn't + verb

I didn't walk to school yesterday 

Question:

Did..... verb

Did I walk to school yesterday

Past Simple - Regular Verbs

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

Study them!

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Irregular verbs

Emily and I _____ to the zoo yesterday.

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

Kim _______ back
to a haunted house ever again.

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

Past Continuous
How/when do you use it?
Use an example sentence

Affirmative

was/were + verb + ing

I was watching tv

Negative

wasn't/ weren't + verb + ing

I wasn't watching tv

Question

Was/were......verb+ing

Was I watching tv?

Past Continuous

Fred _______ down the hall,
when he dropped his phone.

1. walks
2. was walking
3. walked
4. were walking

She ______ her teeth at 7 a.m. this morning, when her phone rang.

1. brushes
2. brushed
3. was brushing
4. brush

Which one is the past simple and which one is the past continuous?

past simple

past continuous

Past simple - past continuous

Past simple vs continuous

One thing is going on and then something else happens:

*you are having dinner from 17:00 - 18:00 and at 17:25 you get a phonecall

I was having dinner when I got a phonecall.

Sometimes 2 long actions happen.

She was dancing while she was cooking

Both will be past continuous 

While is an indicator

Now let's practice them together:

past simple & past continuous

George  ........ (fall) off the ladder while he ..... (paint) the ceiling.

Past continuous vs past simple

Sleep de juiste vorm naar de juiste plek in de zin.

fell

was falling

was painting

painted

.... you ..... (you watch) TV when I ..... (call) you?

Past continuous vs past simple

Sleep de juiste vorm naar de juiste plek in de zin.

Did ... watch)

were .... watching

called

was calling

What were you doing at 12.30?
I _______ to my friends
and ______ my lunch.

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

She ______ while she ______ the dishes yesterday evening.

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

You _______, when you _________
that the music wasn't on.

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

I _________ a brownie, when
Mum _____ into the room.

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

I now know how to use the Past Simple and Continuous separately and together.

1. Yesss ma'am
2. I have no clue
3. Almost there
4. I only know them separately

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