Past Simple and Past Continuous

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1,2

Today's Programme

Past Simple and Past Continuous

Lesson Objective:

- You can distinguish between the two tenses and know when to use which. 

Past Simple
(signal words, use, form, etc.)

I .............. to my neighbour yesterday.

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

What are the signal words for the Past Simple?

1. for, yet, never, ever
2. yesterday, last year, ago, when
3. always, often, usually, never
4. right now, at the moment

Past simple

Past simple

Past Continuous
(signal words, use, form, etc.)

We ................... a good movie when the phone rang.

1. watched
2. have watched
3. were watching
4. are watching

What are the signal words for the Past Continuous?

1. when, while
2. always, never, ever, often
3. right now, at the moment
4. yesterday, last week

Past Continuous

Past Continuous

What	Past continuous
When	To say that something was going on for a certain amount of time in the past. Often in combination with the past simple.
How/Form	was / were + verb+ing
Signal words	while
Examples	I was playing with a ball. They weren't reading the book last night. I was riding my bike when I saw the accident.

Past continuous

It was raining.

(past continuous)

We were singing.

(past continuous)

Past Simple / Past Continuous

Quick Overview

Past Continuous

Past Simple & Past Continuous

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

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 Continuous & Past Continuous

While we ______________________ (walk) the dog, the neighbours _______________ (wash) their car. 

While we ... (walk) the dog, the neighbours ... (wash) the car.

Past Simple & Past Continuous

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

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

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