2M Past Continuous vs. Past Simple

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo g, t
• Leerjaar 2

Past Continuous

Listen, read and answer the questions.

Past Continuous

Als iets in het verleden een tijdje aan de gang was.

We were playing football.

In het NL zeggen we: 

was/waren aan het ...

Past Continuous

Verleden tijd van 'to be' + het hele werkwoord + ing

I was playing

You were playing

He/She/It was playing

We were playing

You were playing

They were playing

Past Continuous

Quiz time!

Choose the correct form of the past continuous

He ... English.

1. was learning
2. is learning
3. were learning

They ... swimming in the lake

1. are swimming
2. was swimming
3. were swimming

Your father ... (repair) the car.

I ... (read) a magazine.

Past Simple

Je gebruikt ze samen in een zin om aan te geven dat iets gebeurde (past simple) terwijl er al iets bezig was (past continuous).

We were playing football, when it started to rain.

Present Continuous of Past Simple?

Choose the correct form.

You ... your bag, when your phone fell on the ground.

1. am packing
2. were packing
3. packed

My friends ... the match on TV, when the doorbell rang.

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

Abel was doing his homework, when I ... (call) him.

We ... (have) dinner when my grandpa came in.