2nd and 1st years- Past simple and Continuous

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• Studiejaar 2

Grammar: past simple

Past simple vormen.

I	Stam+ed	walked
you	Stam+ed	walked
he/she/it	stam+ed	walked
we	stam+ed	walked
they	stam+ed	walked

Past Simple 

The So as you can see in this slide, most verbs just get -ed behind it. 

Walk becomes walked

Play becomes played 

When we take a closer look at carry and study, we can see that they’ve got a consonant (medeklinker) before the -y, when this is de case the -y changes in -ies. 

Another thing we have to be aware of is that some verbs get a double consonant, like plan and stop. 

Past simple

Als in het verleden iets gebeurt, gebruik je de past simple 

The past simple eindigt vaak op -ed. 

Bevestigend	Ontkennend	Vragend
I played You played He/she/it played We played They played You played	I did not play You did not play He/she/it did not play We did not play They did not play You did not play	Did I play? Did you play? Did he/she/it play? Did we play? Did they play? Did you play?

Past Simple

1. voltooid verleden tijd
2. tegenwoordige tijd
3. toekomende tijd
4. onvoltooid verleden tijd

Past Simple:

Wat zijn de signaalwoorden van de Past Simple?

1. Tomorrow, next week, in 2025,
2. Last month, yesterday, a month ago, in 2012
3. Today, now,
4. again, always, constantly

past simple of 'walk'

1. walked
2. walkd

past simple of 'catch'

1. caught
2. catched
3. catch
4. caughted

past simple of 'break'

1. brake
2. breaken
3. broked
4. broke

past simple of 'deal'

1. dealt
2. dealed
3. deal

past simple of 'draw'

1. drew
2. draw
3. drewn
4. drawn

Past Simple of
to see?

1. saw
2. seen
3. see
4. seed

de past simple van to buy is?

1. buyd
2. gebuyed
3. gebought
4. bought

Past continuous

was/were verb+ing

Past continuous 

Past Continuous

• De past continuous gebruik je om te zeggen dat iets in het verleden aan de gang was.
• De past continuous is de verleden tijd +ing
  
• Je maakt de past continuous met:
  was/were voor het werkwoord +ing achter het werkwoord
  
  Bijvoorbeeld: I was eating when the phone rang.
  Bijvoorbeeld: They were sleeping.

Past simple vs past continuous

The past continuous is...

1. something that was happening over a longer period of time.
2. was / were + verb + ing
3. when something was going on for a while.
4. in the past.

Wat zijn signaalwoorden voor de past continuous?

1. when, while
2. always, never, ever, often
3. right now, at the moment
4. yesterday, last week

Choose the correct tense:
past simple or past continuous
I (watch) TV when Susan phoned me.

1. was watching
2. watched
3. watch
4. had been watching

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

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

Fill in the past continuous
John ...............(sing) at the party yesterday evening

1. was singing
2. were singing
3. singing
4. can singing

Choose the correct tense:
past simple or past continuous
He (work) in France for two years.

1. was working
2. had worked
3. had been working
4. worked

Which one is the Past Continuous?

1. "I was heading to school yesterday"
2. "I am heading to school at 10 o'clock"

past continuous
You ...... (work) on your computer when it crashed.

1. are working
2. worked
3. work
4. were working

WHICH ONE IS THE PAST CONTINUOUS?

1. I worked at home last week
2. I was working at home, when the doorbell rang
3. I am working at home at the moment
4. I work at home every day

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

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

Choose the correct tense:
'past simple' or 'past continuous'.

We travelled a lot last summer.

1. past simple
2. past continuous

Past simple of past continuous:

She ________ when the shark _______ her.

1. surfed; attacked
2. was surfing; attacked
3. surfed; was attacking
4. was surfing; was attacking

Past Continuous
They _______ to the man
who had seen the robbery.

1. were talking
2. are talking
3. talking
4. talked

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