past simple vs. past continuous

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t
• Leerjaar 3

STOP!..GRAMMARTIME

Past tenses

Past simple

Wanneer? Korte actie in het verleden die is afgelopen.

Signaalwoorden: Yesterday, last year, in 1999

+ (positief) ww + ed :                            visit- visited

- (negatief)  didn't + hele ww :         visit - didn't visit

? (vraag)  did + hele ww:                     visit- did .. visit?

Past simple

The most exciting thing ______________ (happen) to me last week.

Past Continuous

Past continuous

Wanneer? Langere  actie in het verleden

signaalwoorden: When, while & at the same time

+ (positief)  was/were + ww + ing:              I was eating

- (negatief) wasn't/weren't + ww + ing     I wasn't eating

? (vraag) was/were + ww + ing                     Were you eating?

_{I was}

_{You were}

_{He she it was}

_{We were}

_{you were}

_{they were}

Past continuous

Vaak moet je dus bepalen wat de langere actie is en wat de korte actie is. 

I __________ (call) when the buss ______ (stop). 

Past Simple / Past Continuous

Twee gebeurtenissen in 1 zin

Lange of korte actie

Kort:  Past simple

Lang: Past continuous

I was doing the dishes (lang) when my daughter called me (kort)

Past Simple & Past Continuous

I _______________ (wait) for the bus when it _______________ (start) to rain. 

Past Simple & Past Continuous

I WAS WAITING (wait) for the bus when it STARTED (start) to rain. 

Past Simple & Past Continuous

 I _________________________ (read) the newspaper, when all of a sudden my cat ___________________ (jump) onto my lap. 

Past Simple & Past Continuous

 I WAS READING (read) the newspaper, when all of a sudden my cat JUMPED (jump) onto my lap. 

I went to the bakery and ______ (buy) some bread

1. bought
2. buyed
3. was buying

Sarah _______ (paint) the fence, when Jo saw her.

1. painted
2. painting
3. was painting

Use the past continuous to describe what happened here..

Start with: She...

When....

Use the past continuous to describe what happened here:

I .... (buy) this iPod last week.

1. buyed
2. have bought
3. was buying
4. bought

Well, I ... (jog), when the iPod suddenly made a funny noise.

1. had jogged
2. was jogging
3. jogged
4. has jogged

Use the past continuous to describe what happened here.. 

He..... when.....

Use the past continuous to describe what happened here:

Use the past continuous to describe what happened here.. The penguin... when

Use the past continuous to describe what happened here:

I _________ (look) around to find my socks, but I couldn't find them.

1. looked
2. have looked
3. was looking

Ik weet hoe ik een past simple moet maken

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Ik weet hoe ik een past continuous moet maken

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Ik weet hoe ik de past simple en past continuous in 1 zin moet gebruiken

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Ik kan zelf uitleggen wanneer je een past simple en past continuous gebruikt

Ja

Nee