Past simple vs past continuous - recap

Past simple vs past continuous
To remember when we use each tense.
How to form each tense. 
Use the two tenses together in a sentence. 
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Past simple vs past continuous
To remember when we use each tense.
How to form each tense. 
Use the two tenses together in a sentence. 

Slide 1 - Slide

Past simple: when do we use it, how can we recognise a verb in the past simple?

Slide 2 - Mind map

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

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

It started and ended in the past - finished action.

Slide 3 - Slide

Past Simple - Regular verbs

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

  • 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 consonant, vowel + consonant:

  • I drop - I dropped

Slide 4 - Slide

Irregular verbs in the past simple: Give me some examples please.

Slide 5 - Mind map

Past continous: What parts make the past continuous? When do we use it?

Slide 6 - Mind map

Past continuous
WAS/WERE + WERKWOORD + -ING

Gebruik: een actie die begon in het verleden was en een tijdje bezig was voordat het stopte in het verleden.

It was raining.
We were singing.

Slide 7 - Slide

It was raining.
We were singing.

Slide 8 - Slide

Je maakt de past continuous door was of were voor het werkwoord te zetten en –ing er achter

I wasn't sleeping
You were living
He/she/it was swimming
We weren't going
You were doing
They were having

Slide 9 - Slide

Used together
Past simple - geef aan de korte actie
Past continuous - geef aan de lange actie van de twee

I was walking the dog when I saw my neighbour.

Heel vaak onderbreekt de "past simple" de "past continuous" actie.

Slide 10 - Slide

Slide 11 - Slide

Past Continous en Past Simple




Past Continuous = al aan de gang ( lang)
Past Simple = iets gebeurde (kort) 
Past simple negative = didn't + verb

Slide 12 - Slide

Past simple vs Past continuous
When - is often followed by the past simple.
E.g. When I came home, the door was standing wide open.

While is often followed by the past continuous
E.g. While I was travelling around Europe I visited many different cities. 

Slide 13 - Slide

When her dad ....... (come) in, Jaimy ........ (eat) crisps.
A
was coming / ate
B
came / was eating

Slide 14 - Quiz

Pamela ........ (read) a book when her mother .......... (arrive).
A
was reading / arrived
B
read / was arriving

Slide 15 - Quiz

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

Slide 16 - Quiz

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

Slide 17 - Quiz

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

Slide 18 - Quiz

When my mother ..... (open) the door, my friend and I ..... (talking) in the hall.
A
was opening / talked
B
opened / were talking
C
opened / talked

Slide 19 - Quiz

Past simple vs. Past continuous:

I ______ (fall) asleep, while I ________ (watch) TV.
A
fell - watched
B
was falling - was watching
C
was falling - watched
D
fell - was watching

Slide 20 - Quiz

Past Simple or Past Continuous
The internet ___ (not exist) in 1980. (missing words only, no contractions)

Slide 21 - Open question

De past simple is meestal de langste actie van de twee acties.
A
Juist
B
Onjuist

Slide 22 - Quiz

Continue with.... 
Go to Malmberg: Unit 6: Lesson 2
Ex. 8, 9, 10 

Then this online exercise first, then this one.

All finished
U6: L2 Ex. 6, 7, 11



Slide 23 - Slide