Unit 4.2 - Past simple & Past continuous

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 3

To do

• Goal
• Recap
• Video
• Notes
• Quiz
• Exercise
• Homework 

Goal

At the end of the lesson, I can recognize the difference between past simple and past continuous.

Clip

• We are going to watch a clip
• You do not have to take any notes at this time

Past simple and the past continuous

Past simple: Kortere activiteit (activiteit 2)

Past continuous: Langere activiteit (acitviteit 1)

De kortere actie kan de langere onderbreken.

Past simple vs. past continuous

Past simple and past continuous:

Vaak gebruik je de past continuous en de past simple in één zin. De past continuous geeft dan aan dat iets in het verleden een tijd bezig was, toen iets anders gebeurde (past simple).

vb: I was watching a series when you texted me. 

Past Simple vs Past Continuous:

He went to the cinema.

1. Past Simple
2. Past Continuous

Past Simple vs Past Continuous:

She was walking home at night

1. Past Simple
2. Past Continuous

Past Simple vs Past Continuous:

We were dancing at the party

1. Past Simple
2. Past Continuous

Past Simple vs Past Continuous:

They didn't phone us at all

1. Past Simple
2. Past Continuous

Past simple vs. Past continuous:

I ______ (fall) asleep, while I ________ (watch) TV.

1. fell - watched
2. was falling - was watching
3. was falling - watched
4. fell - was watching

Past simple vs. Past continuous:

He ____ (break) his leg, when he _____ (play) frisbee.

1. breaks - played
2. broke - was playing
3. was breaking - played
4. broke - played

Past simple vs past continuous

The lights ....................(go out) while I .................(eat) dinner

1. go out / was eating
2. went / was eating
3. gone / was eating
4. went out/ was eating

Past simple vs. Past continuous:

I ___ (play) a game, when my mum ___ (call) me.

1. was playing - called
2. were playing, called
3. played - was calling
4. played - were calling

Past Simple vs. Past Continuous

When they .... (talk) we .... (hear) something

1. was talking - heard
2. were talking - heard
3. talked - was hearing
4. talked - were hearing

Past Simple vs. Past Continuous

She .... (play) the piano, when I .... (arrive) home

1. was playing - arrived
2. were playing - arrived
3. played - was arriving
4. played - were arriving

Past simple vs. Past continuous:

They ____ (talk), when the teacher ___ (get) angry.

1. was talking - got
2. were talking - got
3. talked - was getting
4. talked - were getting

Past simple vs. Past continuous:

It ____ (start) to rain while they ____ (walk) outside.

1. was starting - walked
2. were starting - walked
3. started - was walking
4. started - were walking

Main activity

• Exercise: worksheet
• How? Individually, in silence
• Time? 15 minutes
• Finished? Study P.75 and P.76 -->#2 and #3

Past Simple vs Past Continuous
(+) Charlie _________ (hide) in the closet when Lola found him.

Past Simple vs Past Continuous
(-) David _________ (send) me an email this morning, while I ____ (work).

Past simple vs past continuous
Susie was_____(watch) a film when she ____(hear) the noise.

Past simple vs Past continuous
(+) We ____ (have) dinner when the doorbell ________(ring).

Past simple vs Past continuous
(?) ____ she ____ (write) her essay when the computer ________(stop)?