Past simple vs past continuous

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Past simple / Past Continuous

Past simple & Past continuous

Twee vormen van verleden tijd:

- Past simple 

- Past continuous 

De past simple: gebruik 

PAST SIMPLE

Past simple / past continuous

Past simple

Als in het verleden iets gebeurt, gebruik je de past simple 

The past simple eindigt vaak op -ed. 

Bevestigend	Ontkennend	Vragend
I played You played He/she/it played We played They played You played	I did not play You did not play He/she/it did not play We did not play They did not play You did not play	Did I play? Did you play? Did he/she/it play? Did we play? Did they play? Did you play?

Vorm van de past simple & past continuous

Past simple	Past continuous
OF: ww + (e)d	ALTIJD in 3 stappen
bv: walk - walked, dance - danced	1. verleden tijd van to be ( was of were )
OF: eigen vorm	2. ww
teach - taught, drive - drove, pay - paid	3. ing
	He was danc ing , they were talk ing , I was sleep ing

Gebruik van de past simple & past continuous

Past simple	Past continuous
Een gebeurtenis in het verleden met een duidelijk begin en einde.	Een gebeurtenis in het verleden die enige tijd duurde (aan-het-doen)
Yesterday I cooked dinner for my family.	I was reading a book (when.......)
This morning I went to the dentist.	She was visiting her grandmother (when...)

Past Simple / Past Continuous?


I ... (enjoy) the sun last Sunday.

1. enjoyed
2. have enjoyed
3. had enjoyed
4. had been enjoying

Past simple / Past Continuous
He .... (listen) to music when his mother ...(call) him

1. listened / was calling
2. were listening / called
3. is listening / calls
4. was listening / called

Past simple / Past continuous
I ....( break) my mirror while I ...( park) my car.

1. breaked / was parking
2. broke / was parking
3. broke / were parking
4. break / am parking.

past simple / past continuous
While I ...( study) my sister suddenly ( knock) on the door.

1. was studying / knocked
2. were studying / knocked
3. studied / knocked
4. studied / was knocking.

Past Simple <> Past Continuous
My friend ___ (to ring) me while I was watching TV.

1. were ringing
2. rang
3. rung
4. was ringing

past simple / past continuous

He ... (to do) the dishes while I was having a bath.

1. did
2. was doing
3. is doing
4. had been doing

Past simple / Past continuous
We ...(have) dinner when the doorbell ...(ring).

Past Simple / Past Continuous
David ___ (send) me an email five minutes ago.

Past Simple / Past Continuous
What ___ Leo ___ (do) when you ___ him yesterday?

Past simple / Past continuous
I ... (cry) so much last Friday.

Past Simple / Past Continuous
The internet ___ (not exist) in 1980.
GEEN AFKORTING

Give one sentence with a past simple & past continuous form

(+) ____________________________ (they - to swim) to the other side of the swimming pool.

(–) _______________________________ (we - not - to catch) any fish yesterday.

(–) I'm sorry, _________________________________ (I - not - to hear) you.

(?) _____________________________________ (you - to forget) to lock the door last night?

Simple Past

Past continuous

Past simple

Past continuous

was cycling

were doing

cried

slept

was studying

watched

was reading

Past simple

Past continuous

Past simple

Past continuous

Damian ____________________ (to work) when I ____________________ (to phone).

They______(to kiss) when I____(to walk)in.

ik begrijp de past simple/past continuous nu

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