past simple vs past continuous

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 2

Past simple vs past continuous

What are we going to learn today?

At the end of this lesson, I can...

- write a correct sentences with two events that happened in the past and interrupted one another. 

What are we going to learn today?

At the end of this lesson, I can...

- Explain different things that happened in the past. 

But first!

What do you remember?

Events that happened in the past and continued for a while

Short events that happened in the past

It was snowing yesterday.

I wasn't writing a letter.

Were you celebrating a festival?

I saw him yesterday.

We didn't leave him behind.

Did she clean her room?

Past continuous

It was snowing yesterday

I wasn't writing a letter

Were you celebrating a festival? 

Past simple

I saw him yesterday

We didn't leave him behind.

Did she clean her room?

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wasn't/weren't + ww + ing

didn't + ww (no -ed!)

ww + -ed

was/were + ww + -ing

Did + (pronoun) + ww (no -ed!)

Was(n't)/were(n't) + (pronoun) + ww + -ing

Past simple and past continuous

Look at these two sentences:

They were watching a film                                          I arrived

Which one is the past simple and which one the past continuous?

Past simple and past continuous

Look at these two sentences:

They were watching a film                                          I arrived

Which one is the past simple and which one the past continuous?

Now let's combine them!

Past simple and past continuous

Look at these two sentences:

They were watching a film                                          I arrived

Which one is the past simple and which one the past continuous?

Now let's combine them!

They were watching a film when I arrived.

Past simple and past continuous

They were watching a film when I arrived.

Where would you place these events in the timeline?

Past

Present

Future

Past simple and past continuous

When I woke up this morning, it was snowing.

Where would you place these events in the timeline?

Past

Present

Future

Past simple and past continuous

They were watching a film when I arrived.

When I woke up this morning, it was snowing.

What do you notice when you look at the grammar rules and their place in time?

Past simple and past continuous

They were watching a film when I arrived.

When I woke up this morning, it was snowing.

What do you notice when you look at the grammar rules and their place in time?

The first event that started is the past continuous! 

Draw this sentence on your own time:

I was doing my homework when my brother came in.

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Let's write a sentence

You will get two events that happened in the past.

Form a correct sentences.

These are the two events:

- To see a celebrity (choose one yourself!)

- To walk down the street

Write a sentence with these events:

- To see a celebrity (choose one yourself!)

- To walk down the street

Write a sentence with these events:

- To be asleep

- To receive a call from your parents

Have you achieved the lesson goal?
 

I can write a correct sentences with two events that happened in the past and interrupted one another. 

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Homework

Textbook:

Ex. 3 + 4 (p. 104)

Writing assignment: write your own "a day to remember".

Write a short text, 50 - 75 words max., on a day in your past that was really nice and you would like to remember. 

Make sure you use the Past Simple and the Past Continuous at least twice (each of them).