Past simple vs. past continuous

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The Past Simple
Bij regelmatige ww                     Bij onregelmatige ww
altijd het hele WW + ed

Je gebruikt de Past Simple als je zeker 
weet dat iets in het verleden gebeurd is
en nu afgelopen is.

2e rij (Past Simple)

Slide 2 - Slide

Past Continuous
When something was going on for a period of time in the past.

We were playing football yesterday

was / were + ww + ing

Slide 3 - Slide

Past Continuous
Past tense of the verb 'to be' and verb + ing
I was playing
You were playing
He was playing
We were playing
You were playing
They were playing

Slide 4 - Slide

Boris ... English
A
was learning
B
is learning
C
has learned
D
will learn

Slide 5 - Quiz

They ... swimming in the lake
A
are swimming
B
were swam
C
were swimming
D
have swum

Slide 6 - Quiz

Your father ... the car
A
will have been repairing
B
is repairing
C
repaired
D
was repairing

Slide 7 - Quiz

I ... a magazine
A
read
B
was reading
C
am reading
D
will read

Slide 8 - Quiz

You ... your bag
A
am packing
B
were packing
C
packed
D
will have packed

Slide 9 - Quiz

My friends ... the match on TV
A
have been watching
B
watched
C
were watching
D
are watching

Slide 10 - Quiz

Past continuous vs. Past simple
Je kunt de past continuous en de past simple in 1 zin gebruiken
  • De activiteit die het langste duurt: past continuous
  • De kortste activiteit: past simple.
  • De kortere activiteit kan de langere activiteit onderbreken.

VB: He was doing his homework when he saw a rainbow.

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