Past simple and continuous

Past Simple vs. Past Continuous
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Past Simple vs. Past Continuous

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Past Simple - Regular Verbs
After a regular verb you put '-ed'

I walk -> I walked
He walks -> He walked
They walk -> They walked

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Past Simple - Regular verbs

Spelling:
A verb ending on a consonant + -y, ---> -y in -ie:

  • I carry - I carried

No change with a vowel + -y :

  • I play - I played

When a verb ends with an -e, then just + -d 

  • I live - I lived

Final consonant is doubled when it ends with vowel + consonant:

  • I drop - I dropped

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Past Simple - Irregular verbs

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Emily and I _____ to the zoo yesterday.
A
went
B
go
C
was going
D
goed

Slide 5 - Quiz

Anna and Charles ______
a game last week.
A
play
B
played
C
did play

Slide 6 - Quiz

_____ you ____ the new David Attenborough last night on Netflix?
A
do / watch
B
did / watched
C
did / watch
D
were / watching

Slide 7 - Quiz

Kim _______ to never go
to a haunted house again.
A
decided
B
decide
C
did decide

Slide 8 - Quiz

____ he ____ the guitar
when he was young?
A
did / plays
B
did / played
C
did / play

Slide 9 - Quiz

Past simple vs. past continuous


  • Past Simple vs Past Continuous

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Past simple - past continuous

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Past Continuous

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It was raining.
(past continuous)
We were singing.
(past continuous)

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Past Simple / Past Continuous

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Past Continous en Past Simple




Past Continuous = al aan de gang ( lang)
Past Simple = iets gebeurde (kort)

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Past continuous vs. past simple
Je gebruikt de past continuous samen met de past simple om aan te geven dat er iets gebeurde (korte actie = past simple) terwijl er al iets aan de gang was (lange actie = past continuous).

 I was reading a book when the phone rang
I was washing my car when the accident happened

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Past continuous vs. past simple
Deze zinnen kun je herkennen aan het woordje 'when':
''When the phone rang, she was writing a letter.''
'' What were you doing when the earthquake started?''

Als het woordje 'while' in de zin staat, gebeuren twee dingen tegelijk.
Dan gebruik je twee keer de past continuous:
''What were you doing while you were waiting?''
''I was studying while my father was making dinner.''

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Past continuous vs. past simple
Maar wat als er tijdens die periode iets anders gebeurd? 
''I was cooking dinner when my mother called.''
Dan gebruik je de past simple.

De activiteit die aan de gang was, is de past continuous.
De activiteit die 'erbij komt', is de past simple.


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I ______ fun on my phone,
when my sister ruined the mood.
A
had
B
have
C
was having
D
were having

Slide 19 - Quiz

What were you doing during at 12.30?
I _______ to my friends
and ______ my lunch.
A
chatted, ate
B
was chatting, ate
C
chatted, was eating
D
was chatting, eating

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We _______ and you _______,
when he _______ into the room.
A
were drinking, were talking, was entering
B
were drinking, were talking, entered
C
drank, talked, was entering
D
drank, talked, entered

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He _______ TV,
when he _____ something.
A
was watching, was hearing
B
was watching, heard
C
was watching, heared
D
watched, was hearing

Slide 22 - Quiz

Fill in the past simple: I .............. to my neighbour yesterday.
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A
talk
B
talks
C
talked
D
were talking

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Wat zijn signaalwoorden voor de past simple?
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A
for, yet, never, ever
B
yesterday, last year, ago, when
C
always, often, usually, never
D
right now, at the moment

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Fill in the past continuous: We ................... a good movie when the phone rang.
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A
watched
B
have watched
C
were watching
D
are watching

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Past Simple or Past Continuous
The internet ___ (not exist) in 1980.

Slide 26 - Open question

Past Simple / Past Continuous
What ___ Leo ___ (do) when you called him yesterday?

Slide 27 - Open question

I understand the difference between the Past Simple & Past Continuous ....
A
perfectly!
B
quite well, need to study a bit more
C
not really, I need to study a lot
D
not at all! Can you help me?

Slide 28 - Quiz