Past simple vs past continuous

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This lesson
Past simple vs past continuous
Exercises

Slide 2 - Slide

Goals
After this lesson, you
- can use past simple and past continuous
- are able to tell the difference between past simple and continuous

Slide 3 - Slide

What do you know about the past simple? Use an example sentence.

Slide 4 - Open question

Past simple
Past, important when it happened
Short events (when compared to past continuous)

-ed            did/didn't
Irregular verbs 2nd row

Slide 5 - Slide

When do you use the past simple?
A
When something is happening now
B
When something always, never or sometimes happens
C
When something happened in the past
D
When something is going to happen

Slide 6 - Quiz

How do you make the past simple?
A
Verb + -ed 2nd row irregular verbs
B
Verb + -s
C
Has + verb + -ed 3rd row irregular verbs
D
Verb + -ing

Slide 7 - Quiz

Which is correct (past simple)?
A
I didn't walked to the library.
B
She never says much.
C
The van suddenly stopped working.
D
Ryan has been away for years.

Slide 8 - Quiz

Make into a question AND a negative sentence:
They shouted very loudly.

Slide 9 - Open question

Make into a question AND a negative sentence:
Olenna went to work last Monday.

Slide 10 - Open question

What do you know about the past continuous? Make an example sentence.

Slide 11 - Open question

Past simple vs continuous
Two things happening at the same time?
I was reading a book when my friend called me.

Two things happening at the same time and you don’t know which action takes longer?
He was watching a film while she was walking the dog.

Two or more things happening in a row in the past (not at the same time)?
This morning I took out the trash and I went to the grocery store.


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I ... (to watch) TV when the bell (to ring).
A
was watching, rang
B
watched, rang
C
watched, was ringing
D
was watching, rung

Slide 13 - Quiz

While Emily ... (to walk) the dog, Lenny ... (to make) dinner.
A
was walking, was making
B
was walking, made
C
walked, was making
D
walked, made

Slide 14 - Quiz

I know what the past simple and past continuous are
A
Yes
B
No
C
Kind of..

Slide 15 - Quiz

I can use the past simple and past continuous
A
Absolutely!
B
Definitely not..
C
Only separately, not both together in a sentence
D
I know one, but not the other

Slide 16 - Quiz

Exercises 


Do exercise E (2.2) and E (4.5) 

Finished?
Check your answers
Study vocabulary unit 4 and unit 5, lesson 1

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