Past simple and Past continuous

Today's grammar topic
Past simple vs. past continuous
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Today's grammar topic
Past simple vs. past continuous

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

Lesson goals
After this lesson....
you know how and when the past simple or the past continuous in a sentence

Slide 2 - Tekstslide

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

I walk -> I walked
He walks -> He walked
They walk -> They walked

Slide 3 - Tekstslide

Past Simple - Regular verbs

Spelling:
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

Slide 4 - Tekstslide

Past Simple - Irregular verbs

Slide 5 - Tekstslide

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

Slide 6 - Quizvraag

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

Slide 7 - Quizvraag

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

Slide 8 - Quizvraag

Kim _______ to never go
to a haunted house again.
A
decided
B
decide
C
did decide
D
was deciding

Slide 9 - Quizvraag

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

Slide 10 - Quizvraag

Past simple vs. past continuous


  • Past Simple vs Past Continuous

Slide 11 - Tekstslide

Past simple - past continuous

Slide 12 - Tekstslide

Past Continuous

Slide 13 - Tekstslide

It was raining.
(past continuous)
We were singing.
(past continuous)

Slide 14 - Tekstslide

Past Simple / Past Continuous

Slide 15 - Tekstslide

Past Continuous en Past Simple




Past Continuous = al aan de gang ( lang)
Past Simple = iets gebeurde (kort)

Slide 16 - Tekstslide

Past continuous vs. past simple
Je gebruikt de past continuous i.c.m. de past simple om aan te geven dat er iets gebeurde (korte actie = past simple) terwijl er al iets aan de gang was (lange actie = past continuous).

 I was reading a book when the phone rang
I was washing my car when the accident happened

Slide 17 - Tekstslide

Past continuous vs. past simple
Deze zinnen kun je herkennen aan het woordje 'when':
''When the phone rang, she was writing a letter.''
'' What were you doing when the earthquake started?''

Als het woordje 'while' in de zin staat, gebeuren twee dingen tegelijk.
Dan gebruik je twee keer de past continuous:
''What were you doing while you were waiting?''
''I was studying while my father was making dinner.''

Slide 18 - Tekstslide

Past continuous vs. past simple
Maar wat als er tijdens die periode iets anders gebeurd? 
''I was cooking dinner when my mother called.''
Dan gebruik je de past simple.

De activiteit die aan de gang was, is de past continuous.
De activiteit die 'erbij komt', is de past simple.


Slide 19 - Tekstslide

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

Slide 20 - Quizvraag

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

Slide 21 - Quizvraag

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

Slide 22 - Quizvraag

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

Slide 23 - Quizvraag

Fill in the past simple: I .............. to my neighbour yesterday.
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A
talk
B
talks
C
talked
D
were talking

Slide 24 - Quizvraag

Wat zijn signaalwoorden voor de past simple?
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A
for, yet, never, ever
B
yesterday, last year, ago, when
C
always, often, usually, never
D
right now, at the moment

Slide 25 - Quizvraag

Fill in the past continuous: We ................... a good movie when the phone rang.
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A
watched
B
have watched
C
were watching
D
are watching

Slide 26 - Quizvraag

Past Simple or Past Continuous
The internet ___ (not exist) in 1980.

Slide 27 - Open vraag

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

Slide 28 - Open vraag

how well do you think this goal has been achieved:
"You know how and when the past simple or the past continuous is used in a sentence"
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Slide 29 - Poll