Past simple vs past continuous

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• Leerjaar 3

Past simple & Past continuous

Twee vormen van verleden tijd:

- Past simple 

- Past continuous 

Gebruik past simple

Je gebruikt de past simple:

• als iets in het verleden gebeurde en er in de zin een tijdstip in het verleden staat. (bijv: yesterday, last week, in 2018)

Voorbeeld: I saw him yesterday.

• voor een gewoonte in het verleden.

Voorbeeld: She always walked to school.

Past simple / past continuous

Je gebruikt de past continuous als:

• iets aan de gang was op een bepaald moment in het verleden.

Voorbeeld: I was having a bath at eight.

• iets aan de gang was en het werd onderbroken. (zie afbeelding)

Hierbij staat vaak eerst de past

continuous (was reading) en 

daarna de past simple (rang) in

de zin.

Vorm van de past simple & past continuous

Past simple	Past continuous
standaardregel: ww + (e)d	Altijd twee woorden
bijv: walk - walked, dance - danced	1. verleden tijd van to be ( was of were )
	2. ww+ ing
onregelmatig werkwoord
teach - taught, drive - drove, pay - paid	He was danc ing , they were talk ing , I was sleep ing

Past simple: did (not)

Als je een ontkennende of vragende zin maakt in de past simple, zet je vaak did (not) in de zin.

Bevestigend	Ontkennend	Vragend
I played You played He/she/it played We played They played You played	I did not play You did not play He/she/it did not play We did not play They did not play You did not play	Did I play? Did you play? Did he/she/it play? Did we play? Did they play? Did you play?

Past Simple / Past Continuous?


I ... (enjoy) the sun last Sunday.

1. enjoyed
2. have enjoyed
3. had enjoyed
4. had been enjoying

Past simple / Past Continuous
He .... (listen) to music when his mother ...(call) him

1. listened / was calling
2. were listening / called
3. is listening / calls
4. was listening / called

Past simple / Past continuous
I ....( break) my mirror while I ...( park) my car.

1. breaked / was parking
2. broke / was parking
3. broke / were parking
4. break / am parking.

past simple / past continuous
While I ...( study) my sister suddenly ( knock) on the door.

1. was studying / knocked
2. were studying / knocked
3. studied / knocked
4. studied / was knocking.

Past Simple <> Past Continuous
My friend ___ (to ring) me while I was watching TV.

1. were ringing
2. rang
3. rung
4. was ringing

past simple / past continuous

He ... (to do) the dishes while I was having a bath.

1. did
2. was doing
3. is doing
4. had been doing

Past simple / Past continuous
We ...(have) dinner when the doorbell ...(ring).

Past Simple / Past Continuous
David ___ (send) me an email five minutes ago.

Past Simple / Past Continuous
What ___ Leo ___ (do) when you ___ him yesterday?

Past simple / Past continuous
I ... (cry) so much last Friday.

Past Simple / Past Continuous
The internet ___ (not exist) in 1980.
GEEN AFKORTING

Extra oefeningen

Op de volgende drie dia's staan linkjes naar websites waar je verder kan gaan met het oefenen van de past simple vs past continuous.

test-english.com

www.perfect-english-grammar.com

engelsklaslokaal.nl