Engels

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• Studiejaar 1

Present continue and past continue

Present continuous 

You use the present continuous if you are talking about something that is happening now or what you're doing at the moment.

To be ( am/ are/ is) + verb - ing

Example

I am ... at the moment (study)

Verb = Study 

+ ing

Right answer = Studying

Question 1
I am ... the newspaper right now (read)

Question 2
Me and my sister are ... the dog (walk)

Question 3
Are we ... English? (Learn)

Past continuous

Actions or events that have happened in the past.

You can reconise it when there are words in the past.

(While, when, as)

To be (Was/ Where) verb - ing

Example 

I was ... a book yesterday. (Read)

Verb = Read

+ ing

Right answer = Reading

Question 1
Caroline was ... when she broke her leg (ski)

Question 2
I was .. tv when you called. (Watch)

Question 3
I was ... a cake (bake)

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