Grammar Revision - past continuous etc.

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Grammar revision

Vocabulary revision

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Past Continuous

When something was going on for a period of time in the past.

We were playing football yesterday

wat is de past continuous

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

vul in: Rivano .......... (do) his homework when Susie rang and asked him out.

1. was doing
2. were doing
3. when doing
4. is doing

Write a past continuous sentence and past simple sentence

Now add them together using 'when'. Remember: The longer action takes the past continuous form

Voila!

Now you have a past continuous sentence!

Grammar: Past Simple

Homework:

I checked to see how was writing the past simple correctly and who wasn't.

NOW: Work in your books, while I walk around and help those who need to practise.

Don't worry if I pass you and help, I am helping you for your exam!

Let's practise

Past simple

Past continuous

wh questions

must, should and have to

Can, could and to be able to

NOTE: the last 2 are tricky! so don't fret if you get them wrong!

What is the past tense of: Help

1. helping
2. helped
3. helps
4. help'd

You really ..... be late again

1. must not
2. don't have to be

Fill in: i ... doing your paper round

1. will
2. were
3. am
4. was

Phone her now. She ..... home by now.

1. has to be
2. must be
3. would be

You ...... have a license to drive a car.

1. Must
2. Should

What is the past tense of: study

1. studyd
2. studyied
3. studyed
4. studied

vul in : He ......... (play) tennis from 3 till 4 yesterday afternoon.

1. are playing
2. was playing
3. when playing
4. were playing

What is the past tense of: buy

1. buyed
2. bought
3. boughd
4. bught

What is the past tense of: walk

1. walkt
2. wolked
3. wolk
4. walked

I was walking to school

1. present perfect
2. past perfect
3. past simple
4. past continuous

vul in: John .......... (work) for this firm in the 1970s

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

Fill in: He ______ (talk) on his phone, when his mum _____(walk) in.

1. talked, walk
2. talking, walked
3. was talking, walked
4. talks, walked

fill in: I ..... a sandwich yesterday.

1. eat
2. drink
3. drank
4. ate

Fill in: We ..... on holiday 2 years ago.

1. go
2. went
3. been
4. walked

______ is our dog he has been missing for days!

1. Where
2. When
3. How

If you don’t start working harder, you ..... repeat the course next year.

1. have to
2. must
3. will have to

Fill in: I ..... very happy yesterday.

1. am
2. is
3. was
4. were

_____ many days are there in a year?

1. When
2. How
3. Where
4. While

You use a past simple when...

1. Something happend in the future
2. something happens every day
3. something happend in the past and is finished
4. something didn't happen yet.

When do you use the past simple?

Irregular verbs

And I don't know if I'm being foolish,
Don't know if I'm being wise,
But it's something that I must believe in,
And it's there when I look in your ______

1. name
2. eyes
3. sound
4. sea

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