Past tenses

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Aims

1) Refresh the difference between the past simple and past continuous

2) Fill in the correct form of the past in sentences

3) Use both the present simple and present continous in a short written text. 

Past simple regular verbs

Past simple irregular verbs

swim

walk

drive

cook

give

have

Simple past

Past continuous

was cycling

were doing

cried

slept

was studying

watched

was reading

Listen

Past continuous

Listen

Fill in the past simple:
(run) He _______ the other way.

Fill in the past simple:
(arrange) He _____ everything.

Fill in the past simple:
Jane .... (to play) tennis yesterday.

Fill in the past simple:
(touch) ________ you really _______ that bird?

Fill in the past simple:
(talk) They ____ all night long.

Fill in the past simple:
(run) ___ she ____ that way?

Fill in past simple:
(to be) My mother _____ sick.

Fill in the past simple:
(to be) You _____ so lame.

Put the sentence in the past
We ...(have) dinner when the doorbell (ring).

Put the sentence in the past
I ............(walk) the dog when the accident ..... (happen).

Put the sentence in the past
My parents ...... (work) in the garden when my uncle ....... (walk) in.

Put the sentence in the past
It ....... (rain) when I ............ (hear) the thunder.

Put the sentence in the past
They ......... (polish) the floor when we ....... (call).

Write 5 sentences about what you did this week. Make sure to use both the present simple AND the present continuous

I feel like I can correctly use the past simple most of the time

YES

NO

YES, BUT I'D LIKE TO PRACTICE MORE

I feel like I can correctly use the present continous in sentences

YES

NO

YES, BUT I'D LIKE TO PRACTICE MORE

I feel like I understand the difference between the past simple and past continuous

YES

NO

I DO, BUT I'D LIKE TO PRACTICE MORE