Paragraph 4.5 Northern Ireland (11 March 24/25)

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Northern Ireland

Unit 4

Northern Ireland

Today:

• Welcome (5 minutes)
  



• Grammar: Past Continuous 
• Homework 
• TASK
  

Lesson goals

Students:

• know how to use the past continuous
  

 past continuous (past simple)

Past continuous (Past progressive)

was/were + werkwoord + ing

was working

were trying

were playing

was doing

For something ...

which happened before and after another action

Example:

The children were doing their homework when I got home.

For something...

that happened before and after a specific time

Example:

It was eight o'clock. I was writing a letter

To show ...

that something continued for some time

Example:

My head was aching.

For something ...

that happened again and again

Example:

They were always fighting.

With verbs...

which show change or growth

Example:

Her English was improving.

How do you make the past continuous?

Write down a sentence in the past continuous tense.

TASK

1. Finish this lessonup!
   

Then: Start with your homework

Grammar practise

Answer the questions

Choose between past continuous or past simple

We _____
(eat) dinner at 8pm last night when the power went out.

1. are eating
2. were eating
3. is eating
4. was eating

We ______
(watch) TV when we ______
(hear) a loud noise.

1. were watching - heared
2. was watching - heared
3. were watching - heard
4. was watching - heard

Last year I _____
(visit) Paris and Rome.

1. was visiting
2. visited
3. were visiting
4. visitted

He ____
(work) in the garden when he _____
(find) the money.

1. were working - finded
2. worked - was finding
3. was finding - works
4. was working - found

When I _____
(call) Julie, she _____
(work).

1. calls - worked
2. called - worked
3. Called - was working
4. Called - were working

We ______
(watch) TV when we ______
(hear) a loud noise.

1. were watching - heared
2. was watching - heared
3. were watching - heard
4. was watching - heard

Practise Past Continuous

Practise some more, using these links

Past Continuous

Past Continuous

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I know when and how to use the past continuous

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