Past simple VS Past continuous

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t
• Leerjaar 3

Past simple

• Past simple: iets dat in de verleden tijd is gebeurd en is geëindigd.  
  
• Example: I saw a great film last night. 
  
  
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	Positive	Negative	Question
Regular	ww + ed	did not + hele ww	Did + ond + hele ww
Irregular	2e rijtje boek	did not + hele ww	Did + ond + hele ww

Use the past simple:
Yesterday, we __________ (to walk) to school.

1. walk
2. walks
3. walked
4. I don't know

Use the past simple:
I __________ (to buy) this dress a few weeks ago.

1. buy
2. buyed
3. bought
4. I don't know

Use the past simple:
___ you ___ (to help) your little brother with his homework yesterday?

1. Do you helped
2. Do you help
3. Did you helped
4. Did you help

Past Continuous

• Past continuous: iets dat in het verleden een tijd heeft geduurd.
• Example: My sister and I were crying because the hero died.  

	Positive	Negative	Question
I/he/she/it	was + ww + ing	wasn't + ww + ing	Was + ond + ww + ing
we/you/they	were + ww + ing	weren't + ww + ing	Were + ond + ww + ing

Use the past continuous:
He _______ (to play) tennis yesterday afternoon.

1. was play
2. were play
3. was playing
4. were playing

Use past continuous:
______ we _____ (to watch) a film?

1. Was we watch
2. were we watch
3. was we watching
4. were we watching

Use past continuous:
We ______ (not - to do) exercises all morning

1. was not doing
2. were not doing
3. did not do
4. did not doing

Use past continuous:
My friend _______ (to paint) the door.

1. was painting
2. were painting
3. did paint
4. did painting

What happens first and takes a while:
I was watching a tv show when you texted me.

1. I was watching a tv show
2. when you texted me

What happens first and takes a while:
It started to rain, while we were having a picnic

1. It started to rain
2. while we were having a picnic.

Past simple vs. past continuous

• Past continuous: iets is in het verleden bezig
• Past simple: toen iets anders gebeurde
• Hetgeen dat dus als eerste gebeurt (en een tijdje duurt) krijgt de past continuous
  
  
• Example:
  She was writing a letter when the phone rang. 

When my mother ..... (open) the door, my friend and I ..... (kiss) in the hall.

1. was opening / kissed
2. opened / were kissing

When her dad ....... (come) in, Jaimy ........ (eat) crisps.

1. was coming / ate
2. came / was eating

Pamela ........ (read) a book when her mother .......... (arrive).

1. was reading / arrived
2. read / was arriving

I _______ (to look) at my cards, when Mia _______ (to accuse) me of cheating.

1. was looking, accused
2. looked, was accusing
3. were looking, accused
4. looked, were accusing

While she _____ (to set up) the game, I quickly _____ (to read) the rulebook.

1. set up, was reading
2. was setting up, read
3. set up, were reading
4. were setting up, read

Before you ________(to text) me, I _________ (to think) about you.

1. was texting, thought
2. texted, was thinking
3. were texting, thought
4. texted, were thinking

We _______ (to talk) about him when he _________ (to walk) in.

1. was talking, walked
2. talked, was walking
3. were talking, walked
4. talked, were walking

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