Year2_7Mrt_PastContinuous_Lesson4.5

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

The Past Continuous

was / were + hele werkwoord + -ing

How to create it? 

verleden tijd van to be

bv. to do,

      to look

bv. doing

       looking

past continuous = longer moment in past

bevestigend / ontkennend / vragend

+	-	?
I was doing ...	I wasn't doing ...	Was I doing ?
We were playing	We weren't playing	Were we playing ?

Past continuous vs. past simple

Fill in the correct form of TO SLEEP

I ... ... when you got home late this morning.

1. was sleeping
2. were sleeping
3. was slept
4. were slept

Fill in the correct form of TO LISTEN.

What did he say? I don't know I ... ... .

1. am not listening
2. aren't listening
3. wasn't listening
4. weren't listening

Fill in the correct form of TO RUN

He ... ... 10 KM, when his mum called

1. was running
2. were running
3. was runing
4. were runing

We _______________ (write) a letter when I received a text.

1. were writing
2. was writing
3. did write
4. written

Past Continuous:
In welke zin wordt de past continuous gebruikt?

1. I haven't been to that film yet.
2. I was walking down the street when I tripped.
3. I lived in Utrecht in 2010
4. I am eating a sandwich.

Last Friday, between 8 and 10 AM, we _____ (work).

1. was working
2. worked
3. were working

Past Simple & Past Continuous

I _______________ (wait) for the bus when it _______________ (start) to rain. 

Past Simple & Past Continuous

I WAS WAITING (wait) for the bus when it STARTED (start) to rain. 

Past Continuous & Past Continuous

While we WERE WALKING (walk) the dog, the neighbours WERE WASHING (wash) their car. 

Past Simple & Past Continuous

 I _________________________ (read) the newspaper, when all of a sudden my cat ___________________ (jump) onto my lap. 

Past Simple & Past Continuous

 I WAS READING (read) the newspaper, when all of a sudden my cat JUMPED (jump) onto my lap.