PAST SIMPLE VS PAST CONTINUOUS EXERCISES

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Welcome back!

Grammar lesson:

THE PAST SIMPLE 

vs 

THE PAST CONTINUOUS

Goals

After this lesson, you will:

Know how to use the Past Simple vs the Past continuous 

Know how to use the Past Simple & the Past continuous together

Planning

Today we will 

Learn about THE PAST SIMPLE vs

THE PAST CONTINUOUS

Past simple

• Past simple: iets dat in de verleden tijd is gebeurd en is geëindigd.  
  
• Example: I saw a great film last night. 
  
  
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Regular	ww + ed
Irregular	2e rijtje v/d lijst

Use the past simple:
Yesterday, we __________ (to walk) to school.

1. walk
2. walks
3. walked
4. I don't know

Use the past simple:
I __________ (to buy) this dress a few weeks ago.

1. buy
2. buyed
3. bought
4. I don't know

Use the past simple:
___ you ___ (to help) your little brother with his homework yesterday?

1. Do you helped
2. Do you help
3. Did you helped
4. Did you help

Past Continuous

• Past continuous: iets dat in het verleden een tijd heeft geduurd.
• Example: My sister and I were crying because the hero died.  

I/he/she/it	was + ww + ing
we/you/they	were + ww + ing

Use the past continuous:
He _______ (to play) tennis yesterday afternoon.

1. was play
2. were play
3. was playing
4. were playing

Use past continuous:
______ we _____ (to watch) a film?

1. Was we watch
2. were we watch
3. was we watching
4. were we watching

Use past continuous:
My friend _______ (to paint) the door.

1. was painting
2. were painting
3. did paint
4. did painting

Past simple vs. past continuous

What happens first and takes a while:
I was watching a tv show when you texted me.

1. I was watching a tv show
2. when you texted me

What happens first and takes a while:
It started to rain, while we were having a picnic

1. It started to rain
2. while we were having a picnic.

Past simple vs. past continuous

• Past continuous: iets is in het verleden bezig
• Past simple: toen iets anders gebeurde
• Hetgeen dat dus als eerste gebeurt (en een tijdje duurt) krijgt de past continuous
  
  
• Example:
  She was writing a letter when the phone rang. 

Regular	ww + ed
Irregular	2e rijtje boek

Past simple

I/he/she/it	was + ww + ing
we/you/they	were + ww + ing

Past continuous

I _______ (to look) at my cards, when Mia _______ (to accuse) me of cheating.

1. was looking, accused
2. looked, was accusing
3. were looking, accused
4. looked, were accusing

While she _____ (to set up) the game, I quickly _____ (to read) the rulebook.

1. set up, was reading
2. was setting up, read
3. set up, were reading
4. were setting up, read

Before you ________(to text) me, I _________ (to think) about you.

1. was texting, thought
2. texted, was thinking
3. were texting, thought
4. texted, were thinking

We _______ (to talk) about him when he _________ (to walk) in.

1. was talking, walked
2. talked, was walking
3. were talking, walked
4. talked, were walking

How well do you understand the past simple vs. past continuous? Give yourself a grade between 1-10

Goals

After this lesson, you will:

Know how to use the Past Simple vs the Past continuous 

Know how to use the Past Simple & the Past continuous together

Homework

Chapter 1

Study: All the grammar from Chapter 1