Past simple vs. past continuous

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

Lesson plan

• Lesson aims
• Grammar explanation
• Exercises
• Recap lesson aims
• Homework

Lesson aims

After this lesson you can:

• Use and write the past simple correctly;
• Use and write the past continuous correctly;
• Understand the difference between them.

Past simple

• Anyone remember?
• What is important?
• Time is important
• Signal words?
• Yesterday, in 2013, last year

Past continuous

• Something was happening during a period in the past
• Started before a certain time and ended after
• Was/were + verb + ing
• "I was waiting there, when a strange man walked by."
• "He was playing a game."
• "At three o'clock, I was working."

Past simple vs past continuous

• What is the difference?
• When do you use which? 

I ... (to change) into new clothes an hour ago.

1. was changing
2. changed
3. has changed
4. changing

He ... (to call) when he ... (to trip) and ... (to fall)

1. was calling/tripped/fell
2. called/was tripping/fell
3. was calling/tripped/falled
4. called/tripped/fell

The cat ... (to eat) the mouse this morning.

1. was eating
2. ate
3. eated
4. has eaten

They ... (to write) the instruction, when the door ... (to open).

1. were writing/opened
2. wrote/opened
3. wrote/was opening
4. written/opened

She ... (to run) down the road, when someone ... (to scream) at her.

1. ran/screamed
2. was running/was screaming
3. was running/screamed
4. ran/was screaming

We ... (to work) at 5 o'clock

1. worked
2. was working
3. working
4. were working

Recap lesson aims

After this lesson you can:

• Use and write the past simple correctly;
• Use and write the past continuous correctly;
• Understand the difference between them.

Homework

Finish 4.5 this week

Test = 13th of march