Past continuous

Lesson goals
I can tell the difference between past simple and past continuous and know how and when to use them.
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Lesson goals
I can tell the difference between past simple and past continuous and know how and when to use them.

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past simple and past continuous are both:


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past simple and past continuous are both:



verb tenses
(werkwoordstijden)

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How to create past simple
= verb + ed

for example:
I walk -> I walked
you turn -> you turned

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How to create past continuous

         subject    +  was/were    +    verb    +  ing

He was cleaning the house.
They were doing the dishes.

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subjects + was:

I was running
he was running
she was running
it was running
subjects + were

we were running
you were running
they were running

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We can use the past continuous and past simple together when an activity in the past that was going on, was interrupted by a short action.

examples: 
I was watching television, when my mother called.
Peter was doing the dishes, when his wife came in.

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When do we use which?
Past simple: when something happened at a certain moment and is now finished.
example: This morning I brushed my teeth.

Past continuous: when something was happening for a longer period of time. 
example: Yesterday I was watching television the whole evening 

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