Past simple vs past continuous

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

2E2 - November 7th - Burcu Biber

What are we going to do today?

1) Check-in

2) The topic of today

3) Exercises

4) One sentence story

5) Blooket

Check-in

How are we feeling today?

What do you remember about
the past simple and present continuous?

Which questions is in the past continuous tense?

1. She is sleeping
2. She isn't sleeping
3. She was sleeping
4. She slept

Which sentence is in the past simple tense?

1. John was cooking for us
2. John liked cooking for us
3. John likes cooking for us
4. John was liking cooking for us.

Put the sentence in the past simple tense.
I go to school.

Put the sentence in the past simple tense.
My mother cooks dinner.

Put the sentence in the past continuous tense.
Selin works very hard.

Put the sentence in the past continuous tense.
We read a book.

Fill in the correct tense.
Magie .......... up the kitchen when John .......... her to marry him.
(Use the words; clean, ask)

Fill in the correct tense.
Last night I .......... in bed when i .......... someone scream.
(Use the words; read, hear)

Fill in the correct tense.
My dog .......... along when Gary's dog .......... him.
(Use the words; walk, attack)

Fill in the correct tense.
He suddenly .......... that he .......... in the wrong direction.
(Use the words; realised, go)

One sentence game

- Each team will write their own scary story

- The story has to be in past tense.

- Each member will write down one sentence and give it to the next person.

- 5 minutes to finish writing.

Give each team a sentence to begin with

1) I was walking through a dark alley.

2) Once I met an old wizard.

3) It wasn't my intention to kill her.

4) I had found a hidden cave.

5) When I was looking at the old map.