Past Simple Vs Past Continuous - Recap -

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

Today

- goal

- recap

- exercises

- reading

- homework

Goal

I know the difference betwqeen the past simple and the past continuous

I can apply these tenses correctly.

In which tense is the sentence below ?

We danced at his party last night.

1. Past simple
2. Past continuous
3. Present perfect
4. Future

We spotted a torture chair that prisoners were forced to sit in.

1. Past continuous
2. Past Simple
3. Future
4. Present perfect

It was raining cats and dogs yesterday evening.

1. Present perfect
2. Past simple
3. Past continuous
4. future

We use the past simple to ...

1. to describe a single completed action
2. to describe events in progress at a particular moment in the past

We use the past continuous to...

1. describe single events in progress at a particular moment in the past.
2. refer to periods of time or moments which are finished.

Blooket

Creative writing prompt - 10 mins-

Now, you are to create a short English story (of about 50 words). Your story should include three sentences in the past simple and two sentences in the past continuous. First write down your story on a piece of paper and after that you have to upload your document through classroom.

Creative writing
prompt

Recap: Briefly write
down what you have
learnt so far.

Tuesday 17th September

Read text 3

+ questions.

You can find the text in classroom.