2D Past simple & continuous

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

Today:

- Check homework

- Revise past simple and past continuous

- Practise 

Lesson goal: I can distinguish the use of the past simple and past continuous. 

Send a picture of your homework.

What were the people in the video doing?

What were they saying?

What was the most difficult exercise and why?

When do we use the past continuous?

Past continuous

- Interrupted actions

- Something was happening in the past (for a longer time)

- To introduce a story

Past simple vs past continuous
When the 2nd world war .................(begin) they ...................(live) in London

1. begin/ were living
2. began/ was living
3. begin / was living
4. began / were living

Past simple vs. Past continuous:

It ____ (start) to rain while they ____ (walk) outside.

1. was starting - walked
2. were starting - walked
3. started - was walking
4. started - were walking

Past simple vs. Past continuous
We ___ (wait) for Jane, when she ___ (come) around the corner.

1. was waiting - came
2. were waiting - came
3. waited - was coming
4. waited - came

Past Simple vs. Past Continuous

Sheila and I ............. (talk) to the neighbour when the doorbell rang.

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

Work on:

SB p. 126 ex. 5 til 7