Les 2B - Past Tenses

• Engels
• Voortgezet speciaal onderwijs
• Middelbare school
• Basisschool
• havo
• Leerroute H
• Groep 3
• Leerjaar 1,3

When do you use the Past Simple?

1) to describe completed actions in the past. 

Yesterday, I watched Netflix. 

2) to describe actions that happened immediately after other actions in the past. 
Yesterday, I watched Netflix, I played computer games and I took a shower. 

3) to describe interruptions (volgt later). 

He ... (not find) me yesterday.

The firm ... (award) me a certificate on a good performance.

Where ... (she go) last Saturday night?

My dad ... (buy) a BMW last year.

When do you use the Past Continuous?

1) to set a scene.  

The sun was shining and the birds were singing. 

2) to describe an action which was in progress (bezig) when another action interrupted (onderbreking) it. 
While we were staying at the campsite, somebody stole Fiona's camera. 

Yesterday, it .... (rain) and thundering all day.

Ann ... (play) inside the house but she wanted to be outside.

She ... (not play) with her dolls but she was painting a painting.

While they ... (play), the rain stopped.

Ann and her mother ... (eat) ice cream and played a game.

When do you use the Past Perfect?

1) to describe an event which happened before another event in the past.

I wasn't hungry because I had already eaten lunch. 

I couldn't do the test  because I hadn't studied for it. 

She had seen that film before she went on a date to the cinema with Josh.

Dus: 

Past simple: 
-> afgeronde actie in het verleden (zonder uitgebreide beschrijving)

-> opsomming van dingen die elkaar opvolgen
-> interruptie (in combinatie met past continuous)

Past Continuous:

-> soort scene/verhaal uit het verleden (uitgebreide beschrijving)

-> een actie die bezig is in het verleden terwijl die die wordt onderbroken (door een interruptie)

Past Perfect:
-> een actie/gebeurtenis in het verleden die vóór een andere actie in het verleden heeft plaatsgevonden.