V4 - P1 - Week 4 - Lesson 3 - Grammar - Past Continuous + Wasp

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• Middelbare school
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V4 - English 

Lesson Goals

Today's lesson:

- You will have refreshed your grammar knowledge and practised it. 

- You will have practised your watching skills. 

- You will have practised your speaking skills. 

Today's lesson

- Grammar: Past Continuous

Refresher

Explanation

Practise time

- Watching

- Writing

Past Continuous: Refresher

• I ______ 1 (sit) in a cafe when you _______ 2 (call) . 
• When you _______ 3 (arrive) at the party, who ______ 4 (be) there? 
• Susie ______ 5 (watch) a film when she _______ 6 (hear) the noise. 
• We _______ 7 (play) tennis when John ______ 8 (hurt) his ankle.

Wanneer gebruik je de Past Continuous?

1. Je gebruikt de Past Continuous gebruik je om aan te geven dat iets al een tijd aan de gang was, en is afgelopen.

Voorbeeld: At 6 o'clock, I was eating dinner.

2. Je gebruikt de Past Continuous als er een gebeurtenis in het verleden is begonnen, maar wordt onderbroken door een andere gebeurtenis in het verleden. De onderbrekende gebeurtenis wordt gevormd met de Past Simple.

Voorbeeld: I was watching TV when he called.

3. Je gebruikt de Past Continuous als er twee gebeurtenissen in het verleden op hetzelfde moment waren uitgevoerd.

Voorbeeld: I was eating while he was studying.

Hoe maak je de Past Continuous?

De Past Continuous maak je met een vorm van ‘to be’ in de verleden tijd (was/were) gevolgd door werkwoord + ing

Voorbeeld: I was walking, she was talking, we were swimming

Let op! Er zijn wat uitzonderingen

Signaalwoorden

Er kunnen woorden in de zin staan die aangeven dat het Past Continuous:

When, while. 

>Voorbeelden:

• While we were having a game, it started to hail.

• We were singing, when Patrick arrived.

• What were you doing while you were waiting?

• Tim was watching TV, while Bert was talking.

• I was travelling to Africa, when Julie tried to call me.

De vragende en ontkennende vorm van de Past Continuous

Vraagvorm: was/were + werkwoord met -ing  

Was I looking? 

Were they talking?

Ontkennende vorm: was/were + not + werkwoord met -ing  

I was not (wasn’t) looking. 

They were not (weren’t) talking.

Refresher: adjust your answers

• I ______ 1 (sit) in a cafe when you _______ 2 (call) .
  
• When you _______ 3 (arrive) at the party, who ______ 4 (be) there?
  
• Susie ______ 5 (watch) a film when she _______ 6 (hear) the noise.
  
• We _______ 7 (play) tennis when John ______ 8 (hurt) his ankle.

Put the answers to the Refresher here:

I ______ 1 (sit) in a cafe when you _______ 2 (call) .

When you _______ 3 (arrive) at the party, who ______ 4 (be) there?

Susie ______ 5 (watch) a film when she _______ 6 (hear) the noise.

We _______ 7 (play) tennis when John ______ 8 (hurt) his ankle.

Write a home made sentence using the Past Continuous

Watching

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Assignment 38: 

- You're going to watch a video

- Write down the 9 shocking things that Harry and Meghan reveal to Oprah. 

bit.ly

Watching

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Assignment 38: 

- You watched the video

- Let's share the 9 shocking things together

Writing

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Assignment 40: 

- Write an email to either the Duke or Duchess of Sussex, make sure you follow the assignment. 

Lesson Goals

Today's lesson:

- You have refreshed your grammar knowledge and practised it. 

- You have practised your watching skills. 

- You have practised your writing skills.