Past Continuous and Past Simple

When do we use the past simple?
A
To talk about what's happening at the moment
B
To talk about habits
C
To talk about something that happened in the past
D
To talk something that's not finished yet
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When do we use the past simple?
A
To talk about what's happening at the moment
B
To talk about habits
C
To talk about something that happened in the past
D
To talk something that's not finished yet

Slide 1 - Quiz

Lesson goals 
In today's lesson, you will learn...

- How to use the past continuous 

-  The difference between the past continuous and the past simple 

Slide 2 - Diapositive

Geef een voorbeeld van een woord in de past simple (regular verb)

Slide 3 - Question ouverte

Past Continuous 
The past continuous is ook onderdeel van de verleden tijd. 
We gebruiken de past continuous wanneer iets in het verleden een bepaalde tijd duurde of dat je iets tegelijkertijd aan het doen was. 

- I was walking home when you called

Slide 4 - Diapositive

Past continuous 
Handig ezelsbruggetje: je was iets aan het doen (past continuous) en dit werd toen onderbroken door iets anders (past simple) 

Korte actie: past simple 
Lange actie: past continuous 

Slide 5 - Diapositive

Hoe maak je de past continuous? 
Was/were + verb + ING 

She was dancing when she heard the explosion. 




I, he, she, it 
was
you, we, they 
were 

Slide 6 - Diapositive

She _______ (sing) when her brother walked into her room
A
sang
B
was sing
C
were singing
D
was singing

Slide 7 - Quiz

They ________ (look) for the eastereggs when they saw a bunny!
A
were looking
B
looking
C
looked
D
was looking

Slide 8 - Quiz

Fill in the correct answer
What _____ (you/do) when the accident happened?

Slide 9 - Question ouverte

Homework next lesson 

Book page 74
Exercises 4,5,6
Do exercises 4 alone 

Bring your reading book! 

Slide 10 - Diapositive