Past Continuous vs Past Simple: Exploring the Differences

Chapter 2: Health
Date for booktest: 24 november!
New grammar:
Past Continuous 
vs 
Past Simple: 
Exploring the Differences


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Chapter 2: Health
Date for booktest: 24 november!
New grammar:
Past Continuous 
vs 
Past Simple: 
Exploring the Differences


Slide 1 - Slide

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Learning Objective
Aan het einde van de les weet je wanneer je de past continuous en wanneer je de pas simple moet gebruiken.

Slide 2 - Slide

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What do you already know about past continuous and past simple tenses?

Slide 3 - Mind map

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Verschil 
Past continuous tense
Wordt gebruikt om een actie aan te duiden die voor langere tijd duurden in het verleden.

Past simple tense
Wordt gebruikt voor akties die zijn afgelopen in het verleden. 

Slide 4 - Slide

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Hoe ziet de Past Continuous eruit?
Past continuous tense 

 past tense of 'to be': was/were

ww  + -ing

I was eating my dinner yesterday, (when the bell rang.)

Slide 5 - Slide

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Wanneer gebruik je de Past Continuous
Om:
 een langer durende aktie in het verleden te beschrijven

op een specifiek tijdstip of 
om achtergrond informatie te geven.

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Hoe ziet de past simple eruit?
Door het werkwoord in de verleden tijd te zetten.

2 soorten werkwoorden
welke?

Slide 7 - Slide

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2 soorten werkwoorden Past Simple
Regelmatige werkwoorden:
regel: ww + (e)d
work -  worked

Onregelmatige werkwoorden:
geen regel! uit je hoofd leren
eat - ate 

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Wanneer gebruik je de Past Simple
Om:

Een aktie aan te duiden die in het verleden heeft plaatsgevonden en is afgelopen.

I worked hard yesterday, today is my day off.

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Past Continuous vs Past Simple
Je kunt beide tijden in 1 zin gebruiken:

past continuous: voor de langurende aktie
past simple voor de korte aktie.
LET OP!
De korte activiteit onderbreekt de lange activiteit!

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Past Simple vs Past Continuous
De korte activiteit (= past simple)
onderbreekt de lange activiteit (= past continuous)

I was doing the dishes, when the phone rang.

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Try to make a sentence
Use the past simple voor: korte onderbrekende activiteit
Use the past continuous voor: langer durende activiveit

Gebruik de werkwoorden:
paint
drive

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I was painting my house, when a red sportscar drove by.

Try to think of your own sentence!


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Signaal woorden:
Bepaalde signaalwoorden helpen om de tijd te herkennen.

Past Simple:
when, yesterday, last week, last year, three days ago, a long time ago, in 1989, etc.
Past Continous:
while, at the same time.

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Work on:
Stepping Stones:
Practise new grammar: Chapter 2: E. Writing and Grammar

Homework (week): 
B. Theme words, C. Reading, E. Writing and Grammar, 
3 opdrachten oefenprogramma Engels, lees in je boek. 

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Slide 8: Summary and Conclusion
Recap the differences between past continuous and past simple tenses and their respective uses.

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Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Slide 17 - Open question

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.
Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Slide 18 - Open question

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.
Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

Slide 19 - Open question

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.