*Past tense: herhaling Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, Used to klas 3H LOA 2021

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Past Tense Review

Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect (Used to)

Which past tenses are there?
Give an example with "work"" and "swim"

Vertaal: Terwijl ik aan het koken was, kwam m'n moeder thuis.

While I was cooking my mother arrived

My mother arrived while I was cooking

When do we use the past continuous?

1. action was happening in the past
2. action was completed in the past

What does "while"mean? which tense is used AFTER it?

What does "when" mean? which tense is used AFTER it?

Which one is correct?

1. While I swam, I was hit by another person
2. While I was swimming, I was hit by another person
3. While I was swimming, I was being hit by another person
4. When I was swimming, I was hit by another person

To conclude: complete the sentences

Pas Continuous: action in the past being interrupted / while
Past  Simple = the interrupting action / when

I was playing when I heard the doorbell ring.

Past Perfect

Vertaal: ik had alle vragen al beantwoord voordat de les begon.

I had answered all the questions before class started

When do we use the past perfect?

1. Action before another action in the past
2. finished action in the past
3. Action being interrupted in the past

Write a sentence in the past simple, the past continuous and the past perfect.
(work together in groups)

Used to

Answer the following question and give one example:

* When do we used the tense used to?

* Give one example in a sentece by using "used to".

Exercise

Complete the sentences using "used to" + the verb in brackets:

1. I ............... (get up) at 6am to go to school.

2. John ............. (live) in France when he was a child.

3. Where ............. they ..................... to school? (go)

4. When I was learning to play the piano, I .................... every evening. (practise)

5. They .................... spicy food when they were young. (not eat)

Answers Used to

1. used to get up

2. used to live

3. use to go

4. used to practise

5. did not/ didn't use to eat

Let op: - bij ontkennend: did + use to (= terug naar de stam) + hele ww

- bij vragend ook: did + use to (= terug naar de stam) + hele ww