Review of past tenses

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 3

Grammar: Review of past tenses

• Past simple
  
• Past continuous
  

The boys didn't........... the new football shirts.

1. like
2. liked

Max ................(not learn) to ride a bike until he was eight.

There .................. (not be) enough players to have a game of football.

Choose the odd one out

1. do - did
2. walk - walked
3. go - went
4. sit - sat

Choose the odd one out

1. stay - stayed
2. jump - jumped
3. spend - spent
4. look - looked

00:08

Homer __________________ (WALK) in the forest when he ______________ (HEAR) a strange sound.

1. was walking - was hearing
2. was walking - heard

01:02

He ____________ (RUN) when he __________ (TRIP).

1. ran - was tripping
2. was running - tripped
3. was running - was tripping

01:24

When Homer ___________ (TALK), the creature __________ (ANSWER) him.

1. was talking - answered
2. talked - was answering
3. talked - answered

When to use past continuous:

• Temporary actions in the past which are not true anymore:
  

Example: France was leading 1-0 against England in the first half. 

• If another event happened in the middle of an action:

Example: The public was booing England when the team scored its first goal.

 

"While I was watching TV, I heard a noise from the next room."

Which is the continuing action?

1. watch TV
2. hear noise

Which part of the sentence is in past simple:

(1) While I was watching TV, (2) I heard a noise from the next room.

1. 1
2. 2

"When the kids (1) arrived I (2) was cooking dinner."

Which action interrupts the longer action?

1. 1
2. 2

Which part of the sentence is in past continuous:

"(1) When the kids arrived, (2) I was cooking dinner."

1. 1
2. 2

Now get to work:

Compact Preliminary:

p. 16 Exercises 4-6

1. Say in a full sentence what you were doing at around 8 p.m. yesterday.

2. Write one question you still have about this lesson

Which one is a better introduction to a story?

"One Friday evening, I......"

1. walked home from school.
2. was walking home from school.