Past continuous - part 1

Lesson goals
  • To understand how to form the past continuous  
  • To understand when the past continuous is used
  • To apply the past continuous correctly in a sentence

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Slide 1: Tekstslide
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In deze les zitten 20 slides, met interactieve quizzen en tekstslides.

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Lesson goals
  • To understand how to form the past continuous  
  • To understand when the past continuous is used
  • To apply the past continuous correctly in a sentence

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

The present continuous is (am/is/are ww+ing). What do you think the past continuous might look like?

Slide 2 - Woordweb

Basic form 
was or were ww+ ing
I, he, she, it - was 
 you, we, they - were

I was watching television.
I wasn't watching television
Was I watching television?



Slide 3 - Tekstslide

Past continuous - is used for an activity that started and finished in the past and took place  for a period of time.

Slide 4 - Tekstslide

Some spelling rules
Most verbs    + ing                                   to speak = speaking
Verbs (ww) that end in -e                    to arrive = arriving
Verbs (ww)  that end in -ie                  to die, to lie = dying, lying
Verbs (ww) that end in consonant, vowel, consonant (cvc)
                                                                  to skip, to get = skipping, getting
Verbs (ww) that end in -y, -x, -w        to buy, to fix, to snow =                                                                                       buying, fixing, snowing



 

Slide 5 - Tekstslide

Only fill in the missing words:
Sharon ..............................(to close) the door when the dog ran into the kitchen.

Slide 6 - Open vraag

Only fill in the missing words:
They .........................(to practice) the piano.

Slide 7 - Open vraag

Only fill in the missing words:
Gill and Sam ...........................(to listen) to music

Slide 8 - Open vraag

Only fill in the missing words:
.................... you ...................(to stay) at Jeff's house?

Slide 9 - Open vraag

Only fill in the missing words (no contractions) :
He .........................(to pay, not) any attention at all.

Slide 10 - Open vraag

Only fill in the missing words:
We ..................(to study) for 30 minutes.

Slide 11 - Open vraag

Make this quiz
You have five minutes to make this quiz. The timer will start as soon as you click on this link.

Slide 12 - Tekstslide

Continue with....  
First  -  U4:L5 Ex. 8, 9, 10 & 11 

                                                                   Then write sentences using the                               past continuous to describe the 
activities in the pictures.

Finished everything? Then Ex. 13 

Slide 13 - Tekstslide

I feel confident using the past continuous
😒🙁😐🙂😃

Slide 14 - Poll

Past continuous vs past simple
He ...........................(to cycle) along when his phone ...................(to drop) onto the ground. 

Of the two activities, which is the longer? 

While and when

Slide 15 - Tekstslide

Jenny ........................(to cook) dinner when Sam ..................(to arrive) home.
A
is cooking / arrive
B
was cooking / arrived
C
cooked / was arriving
D
was cooking / was arriving

Slide 16 - Quizvraag

While I ......................(to study) my alarm .....................(to go) off
A
studied / go
B
was studying / go
C
was studying / went
D
studied / was going

Slide 17 - Quizvraag

While she ..........................(to jog) , it .................... (to start) to rain.
A
was jogging / started
B
jogged / was starting
C
was joging / started
D
joged / was starting

Slide 18 - Quizvraag

The kids ......................(to kick) the ball around, when their mum ....................
(to call) them in for dinner.
A
was kicking / was calling
B
were kicking / called
C
kicked / called
D
kicked / was calling

Slide 19 - Quizvraag

I feel confident using the past continuous and past simple together
😒🙁😐🙂😃

Slide 20 - Poll