present/past simple versus present/past continuous

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

GOALS

1.  Present Simple and Present Continuous
2.  Past Simple and Past Continuous 
3.  Use the Present and Past Simple and Continuous in ONE sentence

Present Simple vs Present Continuous

CONTINUOUS

How? To be + verb+ ING

Use: something is happening AT THIS MOMENT and hasn't stopped

In combination with: now, right now, at this moment, today

Present ContINGuous

SIMPLE

How? Verb 

He, she, it? Verb + S 

Use: habit, routine,

often, never

In combination with: always,

often, usually, never, every

day/week 

Present Simple vs Present Continuous

CONTINUOUS

How? To be + verb+ ING

Use: something is happening IN THE NEARBY FUTURE

In combination with: next week, right after this, next day, this afternoon

Use: ERGERNIS

In combination with: always

You are always picking your nose, I hate it!

SIMPLE

How? Verb 

He, she, it? Verb + S 

Use: fact / fixed

The river Thames flows 

through London.

School starts at 8:15.

Use: static verbs

I understand what you mean.

Messi is playing football.
(right now)

Messi plays football.
(but NOT at the moment)

Which words are used with the Present Simple and which with the Present Continuous?

Present Continuous

Present Simple

Right now

Always

Never

Often

Usually

Today

At the moment

Now

Present Simple

signal words

Present Continuous

signal words

Never

Now

Listen!

At the moment

Often

Every day

Sometimes

You use the ___ to talk about habits and facts.

1. Present Simple
2. Present Continuous

The shit-rule goes with?

1. Present Simple
2. Present Continuous

Did we use the Present Simple or the Present Continuous in this sentence?

"She is talking to her grandmother right now."

1. Present Simple
2. Present Continuous

Present Simple or Present Continuous? Drag the sentence to the right tense. 

Present Simple 

Present Continuous

I sing every day. 

I am singing right now. 

Water boils at 100 *C.

He likes pizza. 

I am playing a game.

He is sleeping at the moment. 

He likes to dance.

I am dancing. 

Jimmy ___ to play games.

1. like
2. likes
3. is liking
4. is to like

He___ beer in the pub right now.

1. spills
2. is spilling
3. are spilling
4. spilling

Our teacher ___ the grammar tomorrow.

1. explains
2. is explain
3. explaining
4. is explaining

You ___ in London.

1. live
2. lives
3. living
4. is living

Look! The birds ___ away now!

1. fly
2. flying
3. are fly
4. are flying

It never ___ in Death Valley.

1. rain
2. rains
3. is raining
4. raining

We ___ English class right now.

1. have
2. are having
3. are have
4. are haveing

Present Simple and Present Continuous in one sentence?

" While Lisa is watching a movie, Mike goes to the supermarket."

background activity = Present Continuous
suddenly = Present Simple

Past Simple vs Past Continuous

Past Simple vs Past Continuous

SIMPLE

CONTINUOUS

• verb + -(e)d
• happened in the past and is finished
• Signal words:

      yesterday, last week,               when

• was/were + verb + -ing
  
• happened in the past and is still going on
• Signal words:

      while, at that moment, at that time

Past ContINGuous

Past Simple + Past Continuous

• Together in 1 sentence to say that something happened (Past Simple) while something else was already going on (Past Continuous)
  
  
• The short action = Past Simple  
   the long action = Past Continuous

Past Simple + Past Continuous

Examples

• While Lisa was doing her homework, Mike went to the supermarket.
• I was reading when my mother called me.
  
• They were doing their homework when I came in.

Can we use the Past Simple and the Past Continuous in 1 sentence?

1. Ja
2. Nee

Past Continuous and Past Simple are both used in the past time.

1. niet waar
2. waar

With words like 'yesterday', 'last week', and 'two years ago' we ALWAYS use:

1. Past Simple
2. Past Continuous

She often ..... the piano when she was 10.

1. play
2. plays
3. played
4. plaid

Yesterday she ..... at a hotel in Brussels.

1. stay
2. stays
3. stayed
4. staid

While she ..... the piano, her husband ......

1. played/sang
2. played/was singing
3. was playing /sang
4. was playing/was singing

Past Simple vs. Past Continuous

My sister .............. (walk) in while I was doing my homework

1. walked
2. was walking

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

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:

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:

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
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

Thank you for your attention!