past simple and past continuous

Past simple and past continuous
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Past simple and past continuous

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Revision SIMPLE PAST
Explanation PAST CONTINUOUS

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past simple
How do we form the past simple?
When do we use the past simple?

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Past Simple
Past simple!

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Past Simple

How do we form the past simple, regular verbs?
A
verb + - ed (played)
B
she/he/it : verb+ -(e)s (she plays)
C
verb+to be+ -ing (she is playing)
D
have/has + past participle (she has played)

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Past Simple - Regular Verbs
After a regular verb you put '-ed' 

It snowed in London.

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Past Simple - Regular verbs

A verb ending on a consonant + -y,  -y in -ie:

  • I carry - I carried

No change with a vowel + -y :

  • I play - I played

When a verb ends with an -e, then just + -d 

  • I live - I lived

Final consonant is doubled when it ends with vowel + consonant:

  • I drop - I dropped

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Past Simple - Irregular verbs

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Emily and I _____ to the zoo yesterday.
A
went
B
go
C
was going
D
goed

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Anna and Charles ______
a game last week.
A
play
B
played
C
did play
D
were playing

Slide 10 - Quiz

_____ you ____ the new David Attenborough last night on Netflix?
A
do / watch
B
did / watched
C
did / watch
D
were / watching

Slide 11 - Quiz

Kim _______ back
to a haunted house ever again.
A
don't / go
B
don't / went
C
didn't go
D
didn't went

Slide 12 - Quiz

____ he ____ the guitar
when he was young?
A
did / plays
B
did / played
C
did / play
D
was / playing

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Past simple - past continuous

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Past continuous form

Affirmative
was/were + verb + ing
I was watching tv

Negative
wasn't/ weren't + verb + ing
I wasn't watching tv

Subject questions
Who + was + verb + ing
Who was watching tv?




Yes or no questions
was/were + subject + verb + ing
Was she watching tv?

Short answers
yes/no + subject + was (not) /were (not)
No, she wasn't 

Wh- questions
Wh- word + was/were + subject + verb + ing
What were you watching?

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We use the past continuous...
1. to describe a background scene in a story or in a description of a main event.

2. to talk about an action that was in progress when another action took place
(for the shorter action, which happened while the longer one was in progress, we use the past simple)


Examples:

1. At 7 a.m. Doug was having breakfast. He was sitting  at the table and he was drinking coffee.

2. When he was finishing his breakfast, Meg came into the kitchen

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Let's practice!
past continuous

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Fred _______ down the hall,
when he dropped his phone.
A
walks
B
was walking
C
walked
D
were walking

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She ______ her teeth at 7 a.m. this morning, when her phone rang.
A
brushes
B
brushed
C
was brushing
D
brush

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I ______ fun on my phone,
when my sister ruined the mood.
A
had
B
have
C
was having
D
were having

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They _________ their trip,
when they saw a giant spider.
A
was enjoying
B
were enjoying
C
enjoyed
D
did enjoy

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Which one is the past simple and which one is the past continuous?
past simple
past continuous

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Choose: is this the past continuous / past simple?
past simple
past continuous

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Now let's practice them together:
past simple & past continuous

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George  ........ (fall) off the ladder while he ..... (paint) the ceiling.
Past continuous vs past simple
Sleep de juiste vorm naar de juiste plek in de zin.
fell
was falling
was painting
painted

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.... you ..... (you watch) TV when I ..... (call) you?
Past continuous vs past simple
Sleep de juiste vorm naar de juiste plek in de zin.
Did ... watch)
were .... watching
called
was calling

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We _______ and you _______,
when he _______ into the room.
A
were drinking, were talking, was entering
B
were drinking, were talking, entered
C
drank, talked, was entering
D
drank, talked, entered

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What were you doing during at 12.30?
I _______ to my friends
and ______ my lunch.
A
chatted, ate
B
was chatting, ate
C
chatted, was eating
D
was chatting, eating

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He _______ TV,
when he _____ something.
A
was watching, was hearing
B
was watching, heard
C
was watching, heared
D
watched, was hearing

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She ______ while she ______ the dishes yesterday evening.
A
was singing, was doing
B
sang, were doing
C
was singing, did
D
sang, did

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You _______, when you _________
that the music wasn't on.
A
danced, were noticing
B
was dancing, noticed
C
were dancing, noticed
D
danced, was noticing

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I _________ a brownie, when
Mum _____ into the room.
A
was eating, walked
B
were eating, walked
C
ate, was walking
D
ate, were walking

Slide 33 - Quiz

George  ........ (fall) off the ladder while he ..... (paint) the ceiling.
Past continuous vs past simple
Sleep de juiste vorm naar de juiste plek in de zin.
fell
was falling
was painting
painted

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.... you ..... (you watch) TV when I ..... (call) you?
Past continuous vs past simple
Sleep de juiste vorm naar de juiste plek in de zin.
Did ... watch)
were .... watching
called
was calling

Slide 35 - Drag question

I know how to use
the past simple.
A
yes
B
no
C
kind of

Slide 36 - Quiz

I know how to use
the past continuous.
A
yes
B
no
C
kind of

Slide 37 - Quiz



The end

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