CEN1 repeating the pc 16 jan

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Welcome!

Today we check what we learned about the past continuous.

First: checking answers of the reading exercises

Homework check

Studied the wordlist?

- Repeat the words from unit 4 

Finished the homework exercises?

- ex. 1 - 9 on p. 60 (tb)

- ex. 1 - 5 on p. 62 (tb)

- Deadline second bookreport next week! 

What do you remember?
Past continuous

This is a correct example of using the past continuous:
I were talking to him before breakfast this morning.

1. True
2. False

Fill in the right form of the verb (past continuous):
I ..... (sleep) when you called me at seven o'clock.

1. slept
2. was asleep
3. was sleeping
4. am sleeping

Make a sentence using the past continuous

Past continuous

When do we use it?

- For actions happening at a particular time in the past.

bv. I was cycling to school this morning.

- To set the scene in a story.

bv. It was a dark night and it was raining heavily.

- For two or more actions happening at the same time in the past.

bv. They were playing video games and eating at the same time.

Often with a time expression like: yesterday, last weekend, at 12 o'clock!

Past continuous

How do we use it?

Positive:

Was / were + ww + ing

Negative:

Was / were + not + ww + ing

Questions:

Was / were + ow + ww + ing

He was doing the dishes when the doorbell rang.

They were not listening when the lesson started. 

Were you listening when the teacher asked you a question?

Past continuous

Important!

- was = singular (I, he, she, it)

Susy was working at the bakery yesterday.

- were = plural (you, we, they)

Davy and John were walking in the park at lunchtime.

Homework check

Studied the wordlist?

- Repeat the words from unit 4 

Finished the homework exercises?

- ex. 1 - 9 on p. 60 (tb)

- ex. 1 - 5 on p. 62 (tb)

- Deadline second bookreport next week!