Past simple and past continuous

Welcome to today's English lesson!

With Ms Frijns
Background: Who is this?
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Welcome to today's English lesson!

With Ms Frijns
Background: Who is this?

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

By the end of this lesson, you...
...have refreshed your memory on the past simple in affirmative, question and negative sentences. 
...have refreshed your memory on the past continuous in affirmative, question and negative sentences. 
...have worked in your weektask. 

Slide 2 - Tekstslide

Lesinhoud
  • The Past: Activity
  • Explanation: past simple vs past continuous
  • Work on your week task
  • Vocabulary Quiz

Slide 3 - Tekstslide

Lesinhoud
  • The Past: Activity
  • Explanation: past simple vs past continuous
  • Work on your week task


--> Take a sheet of paper and a pen on your table and do the following exercise -->

Slide 4 - Tekstslide

Past simple

  1. It ... (be) a scary movie. 
  2. Aiden ...(love) to go to the beach. 
  3. Melissa ... (fancy) going skiing.
  4.  We ...(not sleep) around eight. 
  5. Tonya ...(go) home after dinner.
  6. ... (be) James and Elliot home?
  7. ... Janice ... (fly) to America yesterday?
  8. Louise ... (not pass) the test last week. 

Past continuous

  1. The press ... (not talk) to the celebrity. 
  2. The birds ...(fly) around all night. 
  3. She ...(tie) a bow in her hair. 
  4. ... Betty ...(bake) chocolate cookies?
  5. The drag queens ...(dance) on stage. 
  6. ... the zebras ... (eat) just now?
  7. ... the girls ... (go) to the party?
  8. The boy ... (not listen) to his mother.
timer
5:00

Slide 5 - Tekstslide

Past simple

  1. It was a scary movie. 
  2. Aiden loved to go to the beach. 
  3. Melissa fancied going skiing.
  4.  We did not sleep around eight. 
  5. Tonya went home after dinner.
  6. Were James and Elliot home?
  7. Did Janice fly to America yesterday?
  8. Louise did not pass the test last week. 

Past continuous

  1. The press was talking to the celebrity. 
  2. The birds were flying around all night. 
  3. She was tying a bow in her hair. 
  4. Was Betty baking chocolate cookies. 
  5. The drag queens were dancing on stage. 
  6. Were the zebras eating just now?
  7. Were the girls going to the party?
  8. The boy was not listening to his mother.

Slide 6 - Tekstslide

Past Simple vs Past Continuous

Slide 7 - Tekstslide

Past Simple vs Past Continuous
Past Simple:
  • Je gebruikt de past simple wanneer iets in het verleden is gebeurt en nu is afgelopen. 
  • Als er een tijdsbepaling in de zin staat.
Past continuous:
  • Wanneer iets in het verleden is gebeurt en een tijdje heeft geduurd.

Slide 8 - Tekstslide

Past Simple vs Past Continuous
Past Simple: Grandmother called yesterday. 
Past Continuous: I was cleaning the room. 
Together: Grandmother called while I was cleaning my room.

Slide 9 - Tekstslide

Past Simple vs Past Continuous
Past Simple: Grandmother called yesterday. 
Past Continuous: I was cleaning the room. 
Together: Grandmother called while I was cleaning my room.

Why not: Grandmother was calling me when I cleaned my room?


Slide 10 - Tekstslide

Past Simple vs Past Continuous
Past Simple: Grandmother called yesterday. 
Past Continuous: I was cleaning the room. 
Together: Grandmother called while I was cleaning my room.
Why not: Grandmother was calling me when I cleaned my room?


Slide 11 - Tekstslide

Below you see different activities. Make three sentences. Use two activities per sentence: one in the past simple and one in the past continuous
Example sentence: "I was cooking spaghetti when the teacher arrived."
grandma calls
alarm goes off
cook spaghetti
watch TV
doorbell rings
song starts
teacher arrives
drink coffee
study maths
dog barking
break leg
swim in sea
timer
3:00

Slide 12 - Tekstslide

Over to you...
Work on your weektask.

Slide 13 - Tekstslide