Past simple vs past continuous

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo, mavo, havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2-4

Past simple vs Past continuous

Goals

at the end of this module you can: 

- recognize and correctly apply the past tenses that we have covered in class

at the end of this class you can: 

- recognize past tenses

- distinguish between simple continuous tenses 

Irregular verbs

The rule is: 

There are no rules

so learn them by heart:

p. 88-91 RB

Past Simple

What	Past simple
When	Om aan te geven dat iets in het verleden is gebeurd.
How	Met - ed OF een onregelmatige vorm .
Signal words	Yesterday, last week, last month, two days ago, four days ago, months ago, etc.
Examples	He walked her home last night. I talked to him yesterday. She swam a lot in her spare time during the holidays. Our math teacher taught us a lot last year

Past Continuous

was / were + hele werkwoord + -ing

verleden tijd van to be

bv. to do,

      to look

bv. doing

       looking

Past Continuous

- when something was happening for a while in the past

He was living abroad at the time. 

- when something that happened in the past is interrupted: 

We were watching TV, when the door bell rang

the interruption is past simple tense

Pay attention!

• If 2 actions happen after eachother you use the past simple twice:
  

When I got home, I had a cup of tea.

•  If 2 actions happen at the same time you use  the past continuous twice:

While my sister was watching TV, I was listening to music.

Past Simple & Past Continuous:
He ___ the city while they ____ ____ out.

1. explores, were dining
2. explored, was dining
3. explore, were dining
4. explored, were dining

Past Simple / Past Continuous

She ... (feel) pretty sick yesterday

1. Past Continuous
2. Past Simple

Past Simple / Past Continuous

You ... (study) when she called.

1. Past Continuous were studying
2. Past Simple studied

I understand the difference between the past Simple & past Continuous ....

1. perfectly!
2. quite well, need to study a bit more
3. not really, I need to study a lot
4. not at all! Can you help me?

To do

Exercises 21 + 22 ONLINE (2.2)

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