past simple vs past continuous

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo g
• Leerjaar 2

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Past simple vs past continuous

Today: explanation of past simple and past continuous

Goal: to understand the difference between the two

Past simple

Senna walked to school yesterday.

Senna didn't walk to school yesterday. 

Did Senna walk to school yesterday?

Gaat over het verleden! 

Past continuous

Actie die een tijdje duurt in het verleden.

Actie met een tijdsduur. Ik heb gisteren van 8 tot 5 gewerkt. 

Quincy was doing her homework this morning. 

They weren't doing their homework yesterday. 

Was she doing her homework yesterday?

Past continuous

Je gebruikt de past continuous om aan te geven dat je ergens mee bezig was op een bepaald moment in het verleden. Je zegt dus dat je iets aan het doen was.

Je gebruikt de past continuous dus alleen als je kunt zeggen dat je iets aan het doen was.

The math teacher was giving a test

The principal was sitting in his office

the coach was playing basketball

The gardener was cutting bushes

Je maakt de past continuous door was of were voor het werkwoord te zetten en –ing er achter

I was sleeping

You were living

He/she/it was swimming

We were going

You were doing

They were having

Peter .........(to learn) French when the geography teacher was killed

1. were learning
2. learns
3. was learning
4. learned

Mary ........(to eat) a sandwich when the geography teacher was killed

1. were eating
2. was eating
3. eated
4. eating

Mary and Peter ..........(to talk)in class when the geography teacher was killed

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

Let op :

Als een werkwoord op een e eindigt, verdwijnt de e

To have – I was having

To live - I was living

Als een werkwoord uit 1 lettergreep bestaat met 1 klinker in het midden, verdubbelt de klinker

To swim – he was swimming

To hit – we were hitting

to get - he was getting hit by the door

The lunchlady ........(to make)lunch when the geography teacher was killed

1. were makeing
2. was makeing
3. were making
4. was making

he ..............(to skip) class when the geography teacher was killed

1. were skiping
2. was skiping
3. were skipping
4. was skipping

Vragen:

Was I working?               

Were you drinking?

Was he eating?

Were we studying?

Were you playing?

Were they leaving?

Was of were komt aan het begin van de zin

Ontkenningen:                                                         

I wasn’t talking

You weren’t looking

She wasn’t driving

We weren’t walking

You weren’t singing

They weren’t listening

zet not of 't achter was of were

Boris (learn) English?

1. was Boris learning
2. were Boris learning
3. was Boris learn
4. Boris was learning

They (not swim) in the lake

1. weren't they swimming
2. they weren't swimming
3. wasn't they swimming
4. they wasn't swimming

your father (repair) the car?

1. were your father repairing
2. your father was repairing
3. was your father repairing
4. your father were rpairing

I (not read) a magazine

1. I wasn't reading
2. I weren't reading
3. wasn't I reading
4. weren't I reading

Past continuous + Past Simple

Als je ergens mee bezig was en onderbroken word door iets anders gebruik je de past continuous voor dat waar je het langste of het eerste mee bezig was.

Voor dat wat er tussendoor komt gebruik je de past simple (ww + ed of tweede vorm)

Er staat when in de zin

Je was al tv aan het kijken op het 

 moment dat er werd gebeld.

the principal was sitting in the office when someone killed the math teacher

the coach was playing basketball when someone killed the math teacher

the gardener was cutting bushes when someone killed the math teacher

When I (to phone).......... they (to play) ................monopoly

1. was phoning - were playing
2. phoned - were playing
3. phoned - played
4. was phoning - played

He (to watch)............... the news when the TV set(to break down)..........

1. was watching - was breaking down
2. watched - was breaking down
3. was watching - broke down
4. watched - broke down

When Mike (to have).............a bath, the geyser (to explode)..................

1. was having - exploded
2. was having - was exploding
3. had - was exploding
4. had - exploded

Yesterday Susan ……....(to walk) along the road when she ……… (to meet) Peter.

1. was walking - met
2. was walking - was meeting
3. walked - was meeting
4. walked - met

Als twee dingen tegelijkertijd plaatsvinden en ongeveer even lang duren gebruik je twee keer de past continuous.

Er staat dan meestal while in de zin.

while the coach was playing basketball the caretaker was sweeping the hall

the lunchlady was serving food while the principal was sitting in his office

the history teacher was starting his lesson while the gardener was cutting the bushes

Fred (to sleep).............while
Jenny (to watch)............... a movie.

1. slept - watched
2. slept - was watching
3. was sleeping - watched
4. was sleeping - was watching

Tom (to make).............. a phone call while Don (to have).......... a bath.

1. was making - was having
2. made - had
3. was making - had
4. made - was having

You (to do)....... your homework while
George (to get) .......... ready to go out.

1. were doing - was geting
2. was doing - was getting
3. were doing - was getting
4. was doing - was geting