past continuous en past simple

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• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Past simple

ate

walked

took

looked

came

watched

Past continuous

I was eating

You were walking

They were taking

He was looking

We were coming

She was watching

Past Continuous

Something has been happening for a while in the past.

 In het Nederlands zeg je dan vaak was/waren of 'zaten te'.../"aan het"

We were playing football yesterday

Past Continuous

Past tense of the verb 'to be' and verb + ing

I was playing

You were playing

He was playing

We were playing

You were playing

They were playing

Past Continuous

Quiz time!

Choose the correct form of the past continuous

Boris ... English

1. was learning
2. is learning
3. has learned
4. will learn

They ... swimming in the lake

1. are swimming
2. were swam
3. were swimming
4. have swum

Your father ... the car

1. will have been repairing
2. is repairing
3. repaired
4. was repairing

I ... a magazine

1. read
2. was reading
3. am reading
4. will read

You ... your bag

1. am packing
2. were packing
3. packed
4. will have packed

My friends ... the match on TV

1. have been watching
2. watched
3. were watching
4. are watching

What is the correct past continuous here:
I ............... to repair my bike when he offered to help me. (to try)

1. trying
2. am trying
3. was trying
4. tried

Past Simple

You use the past simple when something happened in the past and is finished

Past Simple - Regular Verbs

After a regular verb you put '-ed'

I walk -> I walked

He walks -> He walked

They walk -> They walked

Past Simple - Regular verbs

Spelling:
If a verb ends on a consonant (b,c,d,f, n, etc.) + -y, then the -y ichanges into -ie:

• I carry - I carried

Mind: not if it is a vowel (a,e,i,o,u, + consonant + -y:

• I play - I played

If a verb ends with an -e, then only add a -d:

• I live - I lived

Double the final consonant before a short vowel:

• I drop - I dropped

Past Simple - Irregular verbs

Some verbs in English are irregular, this means that in the past tense they don't get '-ed' at the end, but have their own form.

To write -> wrote; I wrote her a letter last week

to go -> went; He went to Italy last year

to make -> made: They made a very nice meal two days ago

Past Simple - Irregular verbs

There are no rules for the irregular verbs, you just have to learn them by heart

They ....... (go) home after school yesterday.

My sister .......... (play) the guitar last year

Simple en Continuous in één zin?

" While Lisa was watching a movie, Mike went to the supermarket."

Je gebruikt ze samen om aan te geven dat iets gebeurde (past simple) terwijl er al iets anders aan de gang was (past continuous)

1. I  (look) out of the window and  (see) John.

1. saw / was looking
2. looked/ was seeing
3. was looking / saw
4. was looking / see

While he  (walk) through the park, he  (meet) Phil.

1. walking/ was meeting
2. walked / was meeting
3. were walking/ meet
4. was walking / met

I  (help) to peel the potatoes when Mary  (come) in.

1. were helping / come
2. help / was coming
3. was helping / came
4. helping / came

The sun  (rise) when we  (reach) the hill.

1. rose / was reaching
2. was rising / reached
3. was rising/ reached
4. were rising/ reach

A heavy wind  (blow) when the helicopter  (land).

1. was blowing / landed
2. were blowing / landed
3. was blowing / was landing
4. was blowing / were landing

The baby  (start) to cry when she  (do) the washing up.

1. started/ were doing
2. were starting / did
3. was starting/ did
4. started/was doing

During class, the students ____ (listen) when the teacher ____ (talk)

1. listened/talks
2. was listening/was talking
3. were listening/was talking
4. was listening/were talking

Past Simple or Continuous

Do  the extra exercises on the CDH English website