Past simple vs continuous

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• MBO
• Studiejaar 4

Past simple vs continuous

First half 

Grammar - four main tenses. - Part 2 

Grammar

 - Past simple

 - Past continuous.

Go through the tenses.

End with some questions// quiz.

Grammar: past simple

Past Simple 

The So as you can see in this slide, most verbs just get -ed behind it. 

Walk becomes walked

Play becomes played 

When we take a closer look at carry and study, we can see that they’ve got a consonant (medeklinker) before the -y, when this is de case the -y changes in -ies. 

Another thing we have to be aware of is that some verbs get a double consonant, like plan and stop. 

Past simple vormen.

I	Stam+ed	walked
you	Stam+ed	walked
he/she/it	stam+ed	walked
we	stam+ed	walked
they	stam+ed	walked

Past continuous

was/were verb+ing

Past continuous 

Past Continuous

• De past continuous gebruik je om te zeggen dat iets in het verleden aan de gang was.
• De past continuous is de verleden tijd +ing
  
• Je maakt de past continuous met:
  was/were voor het werkwoord +ing achter het werkwoord
  
  Bijvoorbeeld: I was eating when the phone rang.
  Bijvoorbeeld: They were sleeping.

Past simple vs past continuous

Past Simple of
to see?

1. saw
2. seen
3. see
4. seed

de past simple van to buy is?

1. buyd
2. gebuyed
3. gebought
4. bought

Past Simple

1. voltooid verleden tijd
2. tegenwoordige tijd
3. toekomende tijd
4. onvoltooid verleden tijd

past simple of 'wash'

1. washed
2. washd

Past simple of
to talk?

1. talks
2. talking
3. talked
4. tolk

Wat is de juiste zin met de past simple

1. Jason did went to the park
2. Jason goed to the park
3. Jason went to the park
4. Jason goes to the park

de past simple van to walk is?

1. walks
2. walkt
3. walked
4. gewalkt

Wat zijn signaalwoorden voor de past continuous?

1. when, while
2. always, never, ever, often
3. right now, at the moment
4. yesterday, last week

Choose the correct tense:
past simple or past continuous
I (watch) TV when Susan phoned me.

1. was watching
2. watched
3. watch
4. had been watching

The past continuous is...

1. something that was happening over a longer period of time.
2. was / were + verb + ing
3. when something was going on for a while.
4. in the past.

Fill in the past continuous
John ...............(sing) at the party yesterday evening

1. was singing
2. were singing
3. singing
4. can singing

Choose the correct tense:
past simple or past continuous
He (work) in France for two years.

1. was working
2. had worked
3. had been working
4. worked

Which one is the Past Continuous?

1. "I was heading to school yesterday"
2. "I am heading to school at 10 o'clock"

past continuous
You ...... (work) on your computer when it crashed.

1. are working
2. worked
3. work
4. were working

WHICH ONE IS THE PAST CONTINUOUS?

1. I worked at home last week
2. I was working at home, when the doorbell rang
3. I am working at home at the moment
4. I work at home every day

Second half 

Two assignments- 

Presentation

Writing. 

Quick explanation about presentations. 

Both need to be finished by the end of the year.