17/10 (Past Continuous vs Past Simple)

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 3

Past Simple vs. Past Continuous

• We will repeat the Past Simple and Past Continuous
  
• The difference between Past Simple and Past Continuous
  
• You will learn how to make sentences with the Past Simple and Past Continuous
  

Today?

When something was going on for a period of time in the past (ongoing action). 

We were doing the dishes yesterday.

Past Continuous 

Past tense of the verb 'to be' and verb + ing

I was playing

You were playing

He was playing

We were playing

You were playing

They were playing

Past Continuous 

Boris ... English

1. was learning
2. is learning
3. has learned
4. will learn

They ... swimming in the lake

1. are swimming
2. were swam
3. were swimming
4. have swum

Your father ... the car

1. will have been repairing
2. is repairing
3. repaired
4. was repairing

I ... a magazine

1. read
2. was reading
3. am reading
4. will read

You ... your bag

1. am packing
2. were packing
3. packed
4. will have packed

My friends ... the match on TV

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

Past Simple AND Past Continuous 

Signalwords

Past simple: yesterday / last / ago / in [year] / the other day

Past continuous: when / while

Past continuous vs. past simple

Sentences you can recognize by the word 'when':

''When the phone rang, she was writing a letter.''

'' What were you doing when the earthquake started?''

If "while" is in a sentence you use the past contiuous twice:

''What were you doing while you were waiting?''

''I was studying while my father was making dinner.''

Past continuous vs. past simple

What is something else happened during that period?

 

''I was cooking dinner when my mother called.''

Fill in the past simple: I .............. to my neighbour yesterday.

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

Which are signalwords 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

Fill in the past continuous: We ................... a good movie when the phone rang.

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

Which are signalwords for the past continuous?

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

Make a sentence with the Past Continuous

Make a sentence with the Past Continuous AND Past Simple

I understand the difference between the Past Simple & Past Continuous ....

1. Perfectly!
2. Quite well, need to study a bit more
3. Not really, I need to study a lot
4. Not at all! Can you help me?