Past simple/continuous/perfect

• Engels
• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 3

past simple/continuous/perfect

Open your notebook to an empty page and take out a pen.

What tenses are we going to talk about?

Present simple	Present continuous	Present perfect - simple - continuous
Past simple	past continuous	past perfect

Schedule

• Do you remember?
  
• Presentation
  
• Practise together
  
• Individual work
  

Do you remember?

Last night was one of the strangest nights of my life. I __________ (walk) home late at night when I suddenly __________ (hear) footsteps behind me. It was dark and quiet, and the sound made me uneasy. When I turned around, no one was there. I __________ (already/feel) nervous before that, so I picked up my pace. Just as I __________ (reach) my front door, my phone rang. It was my friend Tom, who __________ (try) to call me for the past hour to warn me about something…

Answers

• was walking
• heard
• had already felt
• reached
• had tries

past simple

Regular verbs -> verb+ed.                    walk->walked

Irregular verbs -> 3rd form                   eat->ate                   

Is used when something happened in the past and is finished:

TIP: Look for a time indication in the past

"My dad and I watched football last Sunday."

"I drank some milk this morning."

Past continuous

Was/were + (verb+ing)            walk -> was walking

When something was going on at a specific moment in the past.

TIP: often something is interrupted                   "I was walking when I fell"

"He was sleeping when I arrived."

"We were gaming when my dad was cooking."

Past perfect

regalar verbs ->       had + verb-ed                              I had walked

Irregular verbs->     had + 3rd form                            I had eaten

When something happened before another event in the past.

"When he arrived at the train station the train had left."

"I had lost my bike key so I decided to walk home."

The Forgotten Backpack

Yesterday, Mia was in a rush to get to school. She (run) (1) __________ out of the house when she suddenly (realize) (2) __________ she had forgotten her backpack. She (already/get) (3) __________ halfway down the street before she noticed.

She quickly turned around and (hurry) (4) __________ back home. When she (open) (5) __________ the door, her little brother (play) (6) __________ with her school supplies. He (take) (7) __________ everything out of her bag and spread it across the floor.

By the time she (pick) (8) __________ everything up and put it back in her bag, she (be) (9) __________ already late. When she finally arrived at school, the lesson (already/start) (10) __________.

Individual work

Choose what to work on next. 

Done? start on the other assignment.

We work in silence. You may whisper to discuss with your neighbour.

Option A: Grammar practise

Use the links in the week task  to practise the grammar some more. 

Option B: Reading practise

Use the links in the week task  to practise some more reading exercises. 

I can use the past simple/continuous/perfect.

1 finger - agree

2 fingers - meh

3 fingers - disagree