Stepping Stones chapter 1: past simple + past continuous + stones

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 2

Past simple/Past continuous 

recap past simple & explanation past continuous

past simple

How do we form the past simple?

When do we use the past simple?

Past simple: Give an example sentence.

Past Simple - Regular Verbs

After a regular verb you put '-ed'

I walk -> I walked

He walks -> He walked

They walk -> They walked

Past Simple - Regular verbs

Spelling:
A verb ending on a consonant + -y, ---> -y in -ie:

• I carry - I carried

No change with a vowel + -y :

• I play - I played

When a verb ends with an -e, then just + -d 

• I live - I lived

Final consonant is doubled when it ends with vowel + consonant:

• I drop - I dropped

VOWELS

Past Simple - Irregular verbs

Spelling:
THESE DON"T FOLLOW THE NORMAL RULE OF VERB + D/ED/IED

SO YOU HAVE TO LEARN THEM BY HEART

THAT'S WHY YOU STUDIED THE IRREGULAR VERBS AND HAD A TEST

Example:

BUY:  She bought a shirt yesterday

Did she buy a shirt?

She didn't buy a shirt.

Past Simple - Irregular verbs

Emily and I _____ to the zoo yesterday.

1. went
2. go
3. was going
4. goed

Anna and Charles ______
a game last week.

1. play
2. played
3. did play
4. were playing

_____ you ____ the new David Attenborough last night on Netflix?

1. do / watch
2. did / watched
3. did / watch
4. were / watching

Kim _______ back
to a haunted house ever again.

1. don't / go
2. don't / went
3. didn't go
4. didn't went

____ he ____ the guitar
when he was young?

1. did / plays
2. did / played
3. did / play
4. was / playing

Past Continuous

Past continuous

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

Let's practice!

past continuous

PAST CONTINUOUS

In welke zin wordt de Past Continuous gebruikt?

1. They film the event with a hidden camera.
2. They filmed the event with a hidden camera.
3. They are filming the event with a hidden camera.
4. They were filming the event with a hidden camera.

PAST CONTINUOUS:
Which sentence is in the Past Continuous?

1. I walked down the street when I tripped.
2. I was walking down the street when I tripped.

Past Continuous:
Welke zin staat in de Past continuous?

1. They were living in poverty.
2. They are living in poverty.
3. They lived in poverty.
4. They have been living in poverty.

Past Continuous:
Which sentence is in the past continuous?

1. They were driving home for christmas
2. They are driving home for christmas
3. They drove home for christmas
4. They have been driving home for christmas

Past Continuous:
in welke zin wordt de past continuous gebruikt?

1. I haven't been to that film yet.
2. I was walking down the street when I tripped.
3. I lived in Utrecht in 2010
4. I am eating a sandwich.

PAST CONTINUOUS

In welke zin wordt de Past Continuous gebruikt?

1. They film the event with a hidden camera.
2. They filmed the event with a hidden camera.
3. They are filming the event with a hidden camera.
4. They were filming the event with a hidden camera.

I ______ fun on my phone,
when my sister ruined the mood.

1. had
2. have
3. was having
4. were having

Past simple- past continuous

Past Simple / Past Continuous
They ________ last year at the carnaval.

1. met
2. were meeting

Past Simple / Past Continuous?


I ... (enjoy) the sun last Sunday.

1. enjoyed
2. have enjoyed
3. had enjoyed
4. had been enjoying

Past Simple / Past Continuous?


I ... (enjoy) the sun last Sunday.

1. enjoyed
2. have enjoyed
3. had enjoyed
4. had been enjoying

PAST SIMPLE / PAST CONTINUOUS
The students ............. cards when the teacher .......... in.

1. played, came
2. was playing, was coming
3. were playing, came

Past Simple & Past Continuous:
He ___ the city while they ____ ____ out.

1. explores, were dining
2. explored, was dining
3. explore, were dining
4. explored, were dining

She ______(sing) while she ______(do) the dishes yesterday evening.

1. was singing, was doing
2. sang, were doing
3. was singing, did
4. sang, did

You _______(dance), when you _________(notice)
that the music wasn't on.

1. danced, were noticing
2. was dancing, noticed
3. were dancing, noticed
4. danced, was noticing

What were you doing at 13.30?
I _______(chat) to my friends
and ______(eat) my lunch.

1. chatted, ate
2. was chatting, ate
3. chatted, was eating
4. was chatting, was eating

We _______(drink) and you _______(talk),
when he _______(enter) into the room.

1. were drinking, were talking, was entering
2. were drinking, were talking, entered
3. drank, talked, was entering
4. drank, talked, entered

I _________(eat) a brownie, when
Mum _____ (walk)into the room.

1. was eating, walked
2. were eating, walked
3. ate, was walking
4. ate, were walking

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