past simple / past continuous / past perfect

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Past tenses (past simple/past continuous/past perfect)

My father died last year.

A

Past Simple

B

Past Continuous

C

Past Perfect Simple

D

Past Perfect Continuous

When we arrived, the movie had started.

A

Past Simple

B

Past Continuous

C

Past Perfect Simple

D

Past Perfect Continuous

They were eating at the restaurant.

A

Past Simple

B

Past Continuous

C

Past Perfect Simple

D

Past Perfect Continuous

They were waiting for the bus when the accident happened.

A

Past Simple

B

Past Continuous

C

Past Perfect Simple

D

Past Perfect Continuous

After Sofie had finished her work, she went to lunch.

A

Past Simple

B

Past Continuous

C

Past Perfect Simple

D

Past Perfect Continuous

While they were sailing there, a storm blew up

A

past simple

B

past continuous

C

past perfect

D

present continuous

Sometimes stories are a good way to explain why you want to do something.

So today we’re looking at narrative tenses that will help you write a good story: past simple and past continuous. Why do we use the past continuous when we’re writing stories? Why not use the past simple all the time?

Great question. The past simple works well when we want to list things that happened. But stories get more interesting when we use the past continuous too, so the past simple AND continuous.

Why’s that?

The past continuous brings stories alive. It adds extra information and helps us paint pictures in our mind

Past simple/ past continuous/ past perfect I ... (enjoy) the sun last Sunday.

A

enjoyed

B

have enjoyed

C

had enjoyed

D

had been enjoying

Past Perfect / Past Simple / Past Continuous You ... (study) when she called.

A

Past Perfect

B

Past Simple

C

Past Continuous

D

past simple / past continuous / past perfect

15

minute

00

second

+30 s

Past simple/ past continuous/ past perfect/ past perfect continuous I failed my test because I ............... for it at all.

A

studied

B

have studied

C

hadn't studied

D

hadn't been studying

past continuous

past simple

past perfect

to set the scene

to describe the main events

to show that 1 past event happened b4 another

past simple

= main events

past continuous

= set the scene

past perfect

= 1 past action before another past action

do exercise 7 & 9 alone

Staat onderstaande zin in de past simple, de past continuous of de past perfect? "My mother was making dinner when we arrived."

A

past simple

B

past continous

C

past perfect

D

past simple - past continuous - past perfect The killer quickly ... away his gun when he ... the police.

A

put/saw

B

was putting/saw

C

put/was seeing

D

put/had seen

Homework

Do test jezelf 4.2 alles groen + StudyGo 4.4 no expressions.

Klaar?

Start on test jezelf 4.4. (This is homework for the people who have an average grade of an 8 or above.)