Year 3 Past tense

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Past Tense Review

Past Continuous vs Past Simple

Past simple

Past continuous

Past simple

Past continuous

Past Simple: Give an example with "work", "teach" or "swim" (one negative sentence)

Past simple 
REGULAR

Past simple 

IRREGULAR

swim

walk

drive

cook

give

have

Irregular verbs: zijn
... - ... - ...

Irregular verbs of 'worden'
.... - .... - ....

Translate: Ik liep naar binnen en ik zag dat het raam open stond.

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

Swap!

While I was cooking my mother came home.

My mother came home while I was cooking.

When do we use the past continuous?

1. Background information
2. After another event
3. Longer actions that were interrupted
4. Repetition

What does "while" mean?
Which tense is used AFTER "while"?

What does "when" mean?
Which tense is used AFTER "when"?

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:

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
4. Action in the past with a link to the present

Write a sentence in the past simple, the past continuous and the past perfect.

Workbook:

Page 10, ex. 1 + 5

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Page 11, ex. 1, 2, 5