Past simple vs past continuous

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Past simple vs past continuous

Past simple & Past continuous

Twee vormen van verleden tijd:

- Past simple 

- Past continuous 

De past simple: gebruik 

PAST SIMPLE

Past simple

Als in het verleden iets gebeurt, gebruik je de past simple 

The past simple eindigt vaak op -ed. 

Bevestigend	Ontkennend	Vragend
I played You played He/she/it played We played They played You played	I did not play You did not play He/she/it did not play We did not play They did not play You did not play	Did I play? Did you play? Did he/she/it play? Did we play? Did they play? Did you play?

Fill in the correct Past Simple form:
Nancy ....... with her friends yesterday.

1. plays
2. played
3. plaied
4. did played

Choose the correct Past Simple form:
Miss vd Valk ....... me how to use the Past Simple yesterday.

1. teached
2. taughted
3. taught
4. teaches

Choose the correct Past Simple form:
In July 2019 Boris Johnson ..... the Prime Minister of the UK.

1. became
2. become
3. becomed
4. becamed

Choose the correct Past Simple form:
I .... them a nice story

1. telled
2. did telled
3. did told
4. told

Maak een vraag:
John made lunch.

Maak een vraag:
The girl had breakfast.

Past continuous 

Wanneer gebruik je de past continuous? 

Je gebruikt de past continuous als iemand in het verleden een tijdje iets aan het doen was. 

Past Continuous

Past => 

Continuous => 

Past Continuous

PAST CONTINUOUS:
Which sentence uses the Past Continuous?

1. I was waiting for the bus.
2. I has waited for the bus?
3. I am waiting for the bus.
4. I waited for the bus.

Hij was aan het lopen. (walk)

Jij was aan het lezen. (read)

Translate: Ik was aan het schoonmaken. (clean)

Past simple & Past continuous

Twee vormen van verleden tijd:

- Past simple 

- Past continuous 

Vorm van de past simple & past continuous

Past simple	Past continuous
OF: ww + (e)d	ALTIJD in 3 stappen
bv: walk - walked, dance - danced	1. verleden tijd van to be ( was of were )
OF: eigen vorm	2. ww
teach - taught, drive - drove, pay - paid	3. ing
	He was danc ing , they were talk ing , I was sleep ing

Gebruik van de past simple & past continuous

Past simple	Past continuous
Een gebeurtenis in het verleden met een duidelijk begin en einde.	Een gebeurtenis in het verleden die enige tijd duurde (aan-het-doen)
Yesterday I cooked dinner for my family.	I was reading a book (when.......)
This morning I went to the dentist.	She was visiting her grandmother (when...)

Past Simple / Past Continuous?


I ... (enjoy) the sun last Sunday.

1. enjoyed
2. have enjoyed
3. had enjoyed
4. had been enjoying

Past simple / Past Continuous
He .... (listen) to music when his mother ...(call) him

1. listened / was calling
2. were listening / called
3. is listening / calls
4. was listening / called

Past simple / Past continuous
I ....( break) my mirror while I ...( park) my car.

1. breaked / was parking
2. broke / was parking
3. broke / were parking
4. break / am parking.

past simple / past continuous
While I ...( study) my sister suddenly ( knock) on the door.

1. was studying / knocked
2. were studying / knocked
3. studied / knocked
4. studied / was knocking.

Past Simple <> Past Continuous
My friend ___ (to ring) me while I was watching TV.

1. were ringing
2. rang
3. rung
4. was ringing

past simple / past continuous

He ... (to do) the dishes while I was having a bath.

1. did
2. was doing
3. is doing
4. had been doing

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