Past Simple vs. Past Continuous

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

Learning goals:

- You can use regular and irregular forms of the Past Simple 

- You are able to form questions in the Past Simple

- You will know what the Past Continuous looks like

- You can use the Past Continuous, both on its own and in combination with the Past Simple 

WORDS

1. I describe the word. 

2. Know it? Raise your hand. 

3. Don't know it? Write it down and look it up later. 

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

Past Simple - Regular Verbs

After a regular verb you put '-ed'

I walk -> I walked

He walks -> He walked

They walk -> They walked

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

Past Simple - Irregular verbs

Emily and I _____ to the zoo yesterday.

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

Anna and Charles ______
a game last week.

1. play
2. played
3. did play
4. were playing

_____ you ____ the new David Attenborough last night on Netflix?

1. do / watch
2. did / watched
3. did / watch
4. were / watching

Kim _______ to never go
to a haunted house again.

1. decided
2. decide
3. did decide
4. was deciding

____ he ____ the guitar
when he was young?

1. did / plays
2. did / played
3. did / play
4. was / playing

Past simple vs. past continuous

• Past Simple vs Past Continuous

Past simple - past continuous

Past Continuous

It was raining.

(past continuous)

We were singing.

(past continuous)

Past Simple / Past Continuous

Past Continous en Past Simple

Past Continuous = al aan de gang ( lang)

Past Simple = iets gebeurde (kort)

Past continuous vs. past simple

Je gebruikt de past continuous i.c.m. de past simple om aan te geven dat er iets gebeurde (korte actie = past simple) terwijl er al iets aan de gang was (lange actie = past continuous).

 I was reading a book when the phone rang. 

I was washing my car when the accident happened. 

Past continuous vs. past simple

Deze zinnen kun je herkennen aan het woordje 'when':

''When the phone rang, she was writing a letter.''

'' What were you doing when the earthquake started?''

Als het woordje 'while' in de zin staat, gebeuren twee dingen tegelijk.

Dan gebruik je twee keer de past continuous:

''What were you doing while you were waiting?''

''I was studying while my father was making dinner.''

Past continuous vs. past simple

Maar wat als er tijdens die periode iets anders gebeurt? 
''I was cooking dinner when my mother called.''

Dan gebruik je de past simple.

De activiteit die aan de gang was, is de past continuous.

De activiteit die 'erbij komt', is de past simple.

I ______ fun on my phone,
when my sister ruined the mood.

1. had
2. have
3. was having
4. were having

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

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

We _______ and you _______,
when he _______ the room.

1. were drinking, were talking, was entering
2. were drinking, were talking, entered
3. drank, talked, was entering
4. drank, talked, entered

He _______ TV,
when he _____ something.

1. was watching, was hearing
2. was watching, heard
3. was watching, heared
4. watched, was hearing

Fill in the past simple: I .............. to my neighbour yesterday.

1. talk
2. talks
3. talked
4. were talking

Wat zijn signaalwoorden voor de past simple?

1. for, yet, never, ever
2. yesterday, last year, ago, when
3. always, often, usually, never
4. right now, at the moment

Fill in the past continuous: We ................... a good movie when the phone rang.

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

Use past continuous:
Last summer, Miguel ..... (learn) English

Past Simple or Past Continuous
The internet ___ (not exist) in 1980.

Past Simple / Past Continuous
What ___ Leo ___ (do) when you called him yesterday?

I understand the difference between the Past Simple & 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?