Lesson 4: Past continuous

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo b, k, g
• Leerjaar 2

Past Continuous

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

We were playing football yesterday

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

Past Continuous

Quiz time!

Choose the correct form of the past continuous

Boris ... English

1. was learning
2. is learning
3. has learned
4. will learn

They ... swimming in the lake

1. are swimming
2. were swam
3. were swimming
4. have swum

Your father ... the car

1. will have been repairing
2. is repairing
3. repaired
4. was repairing

I ... a magazine

1. read
2. was reading
3. am reading
4. will read

You ... your bag

1. am packing
2. were packing
3. packed
4. will have packed

My friends ... the match on TV

1. have been watching
2. watched
3. were watching
4. are watching

I ...... (to breath) very strongly, when I ran up that hill.

She ..... (to feel) pretty sick yesterday.

I ..... (to drive) home, when the policeman .......(to shout) at me.

When they ..... (to calculate) the total costs to buy the house, the broker suddenly .......(to get)ill.

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Past Continuous?

1. Als iets aan de gang is
2. Als iets gisteren is gebeurd
3. Als iets een tijdje aan de gang was
4. Als je wilt zeggen wat je aan het doen bent

Ik snap de past continuous + kan het toepassen

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