H2 Chapter 6 E Grammar Continuous Simple

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

Welcome class H2B

Homework check

D Speaking Stones

Exercises 20 + 21 + 23 + 24 (pages 120-122)

Lesson goal

I can use simple and continuous forms, 

both in the present and the past.

Grammar

Exercise 27 (page 124)

Write down the verbs in the correct category.

- present simple

- present continuous

- past simple

- past continuous

Present simple

 

When something happens regularly in the present. Also used for facts.

I write in my diary every night.

My dad runs the fastest in my family.

Past simple

 

When something happened (and finished) in the past.

We slept at a farm last week.

Jackie called James to break  up with him.

Present continuous

When something is happening right now.

-Alice is walking the dog.

-Listen! Those men are singing very loudly.

Past continuous

When something happened in the past and lasted a longer period. Usually combined with  the past simple.

- My mother was fixing my phone when it started ringing.

- We were driving in our car  when we saw a strange light.

Our teacher ___ when suddenly a bird flew into our classroom.

1. was marking
2. marked

I ___ at the local market at least twice a week.

1. shop
2. am shopping

Yesterday, my family ___ eggs for dinner.

1. had
2. was having

The reporter on TV ___ away. It looks like the dog is chasing him.

1. runs
2. is running

Tessa's friends ___ a party when someone stole their bikes.

1. had
2. were having

The headmaster ___ all the students a day off last winter.

1. gave
2. was giving

Homework

E Grammar

Exercises 29 (pages 126)

Extra 29b + 30 (pages 126-127)