FOCUS 2: 2.2 pas simple/ past continuous

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Today

1. recap past simple

2. explanation past continuous

Emily and I _____ to the zoo yesterday

1. went
2. go
3. was going
4. goed

Anna and Charles ______ a game last week

1. play
2. played
3. plays

_____ you ____ the new movie already?

1. do / see
2. did / see
3. did / saw
4. do / saw

Kim _______ to never go to a haunted house again

1. decided
2. decide
3. decides

____ he ____ the guitar yesterday

1. did / plays
2. does / played
3. did / play
4. does / play

We use the past continuous...

1. ... to describe a background scene in a story or in a description of a main event.

2. ... to talk about an action that was in progress when another action took place

(for the shorter action, which happened while the longer one was in progress, we use the past simple)

Examples:

1. At 7 a.m. Doug was having breakfast. He was sitting  at the table and he was drinking coffee.

2. When he was finishing his breakfast, Meg came into the kitchen

Past continuous form

affirmative:

was/were + verb + ing

I was watching tv

Negative:

wasn't/ weren't + verb + ing

I wasn't watching tv

Subject questions

Who + was + verb + ing

Who was watching tv?

Yes or no questions:

was/were + subject + verb + ing

Was she watching tv?

Short answers

yes/no + subject + was (not) /were (not)

No, she wasn't 

Wh- questions

Wh- word + was/were + subject + verb + ing

What were you wacthtng?

Let's practice!

He _______, when he dropped his phone

1. walks
2. was walking
3. walked

I ______ a sandwich at 12 p.m.

1. was eating
2. eats
3. ate
4. eat

you _______, when you ran into him.

1. talked
2. tell
3. were talking
4. tells

I ______ fun, when she ruined the mood

1. had
2. have
3. was having

They _________ their trip, when they saw a giant spider

1. were enjoying
2. enjoyed
3. was enjoying

She _______ the dishes at 8 p.m.

1. was doing
2. were doing
3. did
4. done

Let's practice!

Past simple & past continuous

He was watching TV, when he _____ something

1. was hearing
2. heard
3. heared

She ______ her teeth at 7 a.m. this morning

1. brushes
2. brushed
3. was brushing
4. brush

you _______, when you noticed that the music wasn't on

1. danced
2. dance
3. were dancing
4. dances

I was eating a bronie, when he _____ into the room.

1. walked
2. walks
3. was walking
4. is walking

They _________, when she started to cry.

1. was laughing
2. laughed
3. were laughing