Unit 4.2 - Past simple & Past continuous

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• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 3

past simple

Wanneer: 

- Acties in het verleden die zijn afgelopen. 

     Jenny was tired after she went ice skating

- Acties in het verleden die vaak herhaald zijn. 

     I cycled to school every day

- Aaneengeschakelde acties in het verleden. 

    We left home, then cycled to the station and caught the train

Past simple

Hoe maak je de past simple:

- hele ww + ed

- 2e rijtje van onregelmatige werkwoorden

I made my bed this morning

I walked to school

when / while 

When: Als een langer durende actie (1) werd onderbroken door een andere actie (2) , dan gebruik je when om de 2e actie aan te geven

I was having lunch when Mark called me.

While: Om aan te geven dat er iets anders bezig was toen de vorige actie het onderbrak

Mark called me while I was having lunch.

While

while kan je ook gebruiken om aan te geven dat twee dingen tegelijk gebeuren. 

While I was cleaning, I was listening to music.

Dan gebruik je twee keer de past continuous.

As

as: om aan te geven dat twee acties tegelijk plaatsvinden

As she walked to the door, she thanked them for a lovely dinner.

Past Simple vs Past Continuous:

He went to the cinema.

1. Past Simple
2. Past Continuous

Past Simple vs Past Continuous:

She was walking home at night

1. Past Simple
2. Past Continuous

Past Simple vs Past Continuous:

We were dancing at the party

1. Past Simple
2. Past Continuous

Past Simple vs Past Continuous:

They didn't phone us at all

1. Past Simple
2. Past Continuous

Past simple vs. Past continuous:

I ______ (fall) asleep, while I ________ (watch) TV.

1. fell - watched
2. was falling - was watching
3. was falling - watched
4. fell - was watching

Past simple vs. Past continuous:

He ____ (break) his leg, when he _____ (play) frisbee.

1. breaks - played
2. broke - was playing
3. was breaking - played
4. broke - played

Past simple vs past continuous

The lights ___________(go out) while I ____________(eat) dinner

1. go out / was eating
2. went / was eating
3. gone / was eating
4. went out/ was eating

Past simple vs. Past continuous:

I ___ (play) a game, when my mum ___ (call) me.

1. was playing - called
2. were playing, called
3. played - was calling
4. played - were calling

Past Simple vs. Past Continuous

When they .... (talk) we .... (hear) something

1. was talking - heard
2. were talking - heard
3. talked - was hearing
4. talked - were hearing

Past Simple vs. Past Continuous

She .... (play) the piano, when I .... (arrive) home

1. was playing - arrived
2. were playing - arrived
3. played - was arriving
4. played - were arriving

Past simple vs. Past continuous:

They ____ (talk), when suddenly the teacher ___ (get) angry.

1. was talking - got
2. were talking - got
3. talked - was getting
4. talked - were getting

Past simple vs. Past continuous:

It ____ (start) to rain when they ____ (walk) outside.

1. was starting - walked
2. were starting - walked
3. started - was walking
4. started - were walking

Past Simple vs Past Continuous
(+) Charlie _________ (hide) in the closet when Lola found him.

Past Simple vs Past Continuous
I ____ (work) on my laptop when
David _________ (send) me a message.
(antwoord - antwoord)

Past simple vs past continuous
Susie _____(watch) a film when she ____(hear) the noise. (antwoord - antwoord)

Past simple vs Past continuous
(+) We ____ (have) dinner when the doorbell ________(ring). (antwoord - antwoord)

Past simple vs Past continuous
(?) ____ she ____ (write) her essay when the computer ________(crash)? (antwoord - antwoord)

Homework

DO

- Materials/worksheet you received in class

- Grammar: 2, 3, 4 on page 54, 55.

Make sure you do the grammar part and not the vocabulary part.

Study

- Theory (p.206,207) and notes you made of the past simple and past continuous