past simple and past continuous

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 1

Past simple- past continuous

De wondere wereld van werkwoorden!

Today's subjects!

Past simple

Past continuous

How to make a past simple!

Instructional video

Wanneer gebruik je m? 

Als uit de zin blijkt dat iets in het verleden is gebeurd.

Verleden tijd? Aanwijzingen?

I always go to grandma on Sunday's

I went to Greece in 2011.

When I was a child, we played outside every day.

Past continuous 

Hoe maak je die ook alweer? 

Wanneer gebruik je de Past Continuous? 

Voor iets wat je in het verleden aan het doen was

Yesterday when I was doing my laundry...

Of voor iets zeggen over gewoontes

My dad is always eating candy in the car

Wanneer gebruik je de Past Continuous? 

Als er iets gebeurd in het verleden, en tijdens die actie gebeurd er wat anders, combineer je Past Continuous and Past Simple

I was eating breakfast when the doorbell rang

Someone broke into your house while/when you were sleeping!

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

We _____
(eat) dinner at 8pm last night when the power went out.

1. are eating
2. were eating
3. is eating
4. was eating

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

When I _____
(call) Julie, she _____
(work).

1. calls - worked
2. called - worked
3. Called - was working
4. Called - were working

what is the difference between past simple and past continous?

Write down a sentence with both the past continuous and the past simple.