past simple vs past continuous

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo lwoo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Welcome back to English class

29-3-2023

Riddle of the day

There are 30 cows in a field, and 28 chickens. How many didn't?

10. Listen closely: 30 cows and twenty-eight chickens. Say EIGHT and ATE. They sound the same. Therefore, it means 20 ATE chickens. 30-20=10, so 10 cows didn't eat any chickens.

Goals today

You know why we use the past simple and past continuous and their roles in sentences

You know how to apply the structures of past simple/past continuous

PAST SIMPLE

je maakt de past simple ontkennend met:

1. do not + hele werkwoord
2. did not + hele werkwoord

Past Simple:

Wat is de regel van de past simple?

1. hele ww+ - ed
2. shit = hele ww+-s
3. vorm van to be + hele ww+ -ing
4. have/has + voltooid deelwoord (3e rijtje)

Past Continuous:
Welke zin staat in de Past continuous?

1. They were living in poverty.
2. They are living in poverty.
3. They lived in poverty.
4. They have been living in poverty.

Past continuous:

Wat is de regel van de past continuous?

1. hele ww+ - ed of irregular verb
2. was/were hele ww+ -ing
3. vorm van to be + hele ww+ -ing
4. have/has + voltooid deelwoord (3e rijtje)

Okay, good job!

- You know your past simple from your past continuous rules

- Now we will discuss what makes them different

- Think about what the difference could be 

- Discuss with a classmate

Grammar: past simple/past continuous

Jason ................. a game when his mother ................ him.

1. is playing/calls
2. plays/calls
3. is playing/called
4. was playing/called

past simple-past continuous
I ... off while the other students... their test.

1. dozed/took
2. had dozed/were taking
3. was dozing/were taking

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

You ... (study) when she called.

1. Past Continuous were studying
2. Past Simple studied

Grammar activity

What? Do exercise 9 U6L4 (p.255)

How? Quietly, individually

Help? Ask aneighbor if you don't understand something

Time? 5 minutes

Done? Write a short story (fiction or non fiction) that contains the past simple vs past continuous 3x.

Make sure it's a story you can read to your classmates

Quick evaluation

1. Did go, was staying

2. lost, was filming

3. started, were looking

4. wasn't making, came

5. were watching, phoned

Hoe gaat het nu met dit onderwerp?
Kiezen tussen de past simple & past continuous.

1. 1: Ik moet de regels nog herhalen en oefenen.
2. 2: Ik moet nog oefenen.
3. 3: Ik snap het helemaal.