Past simple vs Past continuous

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Past Simple vs Past Continuous

past simple
vs
past continuous

Past Simple: wanneer?

• Wordt gebruikt als iets in het verleden heeft plaats gevonden en is afgerond, het is echt voorbij. Vaak staat in de zin een tijdsbepaling die aangeeft dat het verleden tijd is.
  Jane fell off her bike yesterday.
• Als twee handelingen na elkaar plaatsvinden.
  When I got home, I had a cup of tea. 

Past Simple: hoe?

bevestigend: ww + ed (of 2e vorm)

He went to school this morning.

We talked to the teacher last week.

Vragend: did vooraan in de zin en het ww in de tegenwoordige tijd

Did he go to school this morning?

Did you talk to the teacher last week?

Ontkennend: Didn't voor het ww en het ww in de tegenwoordige tijd

He didn't go to school this morning.

We didn't talk to the teachers last week. 

Past Continuous: wanneer?

• Iets wat op een bepaald moment in het verleden aan de gang was (en van korte duur).
  At 11 o'clock I was still doing my homework.
• Iets was aan de gang en werd door iets anders onderbroken (past simple).
  Ted was talking when the teacher came in. 
• Als twee handelingen tegelijkertijd plaatsvinden. 
  My sister was watching TV and I was doing my homework.
  

Past Continuous: hoe?

bevestigend: was/were + ww + ing

He was swimming in the pool. 

We were driving in the car. 

Vragend: was/were vooraan in de zin en ww + ing

Was he swimming in the pool?

Were we driving in the car?

Ontkennend: was + not (wasn't) of were + not (weren't) + ww + ing

He wasn't swimming in the pool.

We weren't driving in the car.

When I ... (walk) down the road I ... (hear) footsteps.

I ... (turn around) and I ... (look) into the distance.

There was a man he ... (smoke) a sigaret on the corner.

I also saw a woman, she ... (walk) a dog.

When she ... (pass) me, she ... (look) at me.

When I ... (arrive) at school I ... (park) my bike.

I ... (talk) to my classmates when the teacher ... (come) in.

When the teacher ... (explain) grammar I ... (get) very confused.

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