Past Continuous

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 2

Past simple - past continuous

Aim ...

Ik weet wat de past continuous is en hoe je die maakt.

Ik weet hoe je de past continuous gebruikt.

Past Continuous

was

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were

He was cleaning the house.

They were walking through the forest.

Past Continuous

(+) Mr. Smith – feel – very hungry.

Wat wordt dat in de past continous?

1. Mr. Smith felt very hungry.
2. Mr. Smith is feeling very hungry.
3. Mr. Smith were feeling very hungry.
4. Mr. Smith was feeling very hungry?

(?) Andrew – play – computer games

Past continuous

1. Is Andrew playing computer games?
2. Does Andrew play computer games?
3. Was Andrew playing computer games?
4. Andrew was playing computer games.

(–) we – sing – very loudly

Past continuous

1. We weren't singing very loudly.
2. We didn't sing very loudly.
3. Were we singing very loudly?
4. We wasn't singing very loudly.

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3.1 E Grammar

Zorg dat je alle opgaven hebt gemaakt, nagekeken en verbeterd.

Maak ook 3.1 A, B, C en D

Past Continous en Past Simple

Past Continuous = was going on in the past (waren aan het..., zaten te...)

We were eating breakfast.....

Past Simple = something happened at a certain time in the past

... when my grandmother came in.

Past simple or Past continuous?

I was having a shower yesterday.

1. Past simple
2. Past continuous

Was Andrew playing computer games?

1. Past Continuous
2. Simple Past

We sang that song yesterday.

1. Past Simple
2. Past continuous

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

I understand the difference between the past simple and past continuous and know when and how to use these tenses.

1. Yes
2. I have no idea
3. sometimes
4. I already knew before we started this lesson.

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