2.2 Past Simple, Perfect & Continuous

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

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Homework = study and watch a video sometimes

Today's planning

• 10 minutes of reading
• 2.2 Past Simple, Perfect & Continious

Have you done your homework
a.k.a watched the video?

1. Yes, I did and I understand.
2. Yes, I did but I want some extra instrution.
3. No, I didn't.

At the end of this lesson

you can use the past Simple, Perfect & Continious correctly

Think about these questions

1: What are the Past Simple, Continuous & Perfect?

2: What's the difference?

Narrative tenses

I can use

the past simple,

past continuous,

and past perfect

to tell a story that 

happened in the past.

We use these to make sure we don't bore someone to death when describing a story & to make the sequence of events clear :)

Example - boring.

Last night, I walked home. I saw a car running very fast towards a red light. I looked at the driver. I saw him talking on the phone.

He didn't stop at the traffic light, and another car crashed into him.

The police arrived. The police asked what happened.

I told them that the driver didn't see the light bc he was on his phone.

• Example - clear and rich!
  Last night, I was walking home when I saw a car running very fast towards a red light. I looked at the driver and I could see that he was talking on the phone. He didn't stop at the light and another car crashed into him. When the police arrived, they asked me what had happened and I told them that the driver hadn't seen the traffic light bc he was using his phone.

Narrative tense

PAST SIMPLE = describe the main events in chronological order

PAST CONTINUOUS = to set the scene & to describe actions/situations in progress

PAST PERFECT = describe events that happened earlier in the past

Example - clear and rich!

Last night, I was walking home when I saw a car running very fast towards a red light. I looked at the driver and I could see that he was talking on the phone. He didn't stop at the light and another car crashed into him. When the police arrived, they asked me what had happened and I told them that the driver hadn't seen the traffic light bc he was using his phone.

Go to WB p. 20 

Let's complete the grammar focus (ex 3) together. 

Do exercise 5 & 6 in pairs.

2.2 Past Simple, Continuous & Perfect

Past Simple: an action started and finished in the past.

I spent the entire holiday at home with my boyfriend.

Past Continuous: an action that happend over a longer period of time.

Joshua was living in New York for over two months last year.

Past Perfect: an action that happened before another one.

Farrah had gone doctor before she realized she wasn't sick.

Tom couldn't play because...

1. he had forgotten his trainers
2. he forgot his trainers

The referee blew his whistle and...

1. the game started.
2. the game was starting.

Sue and Jenny were excited because...

1. they didn't go to a football match before
2. they hadn't been to a football match before

It was snowing when ...

1. the marathon began
2. the marathon had begun

Let's practice

Everyone MUST complete this exercise --> log in with Google

Now CHOOSE how you want to practice some more:

Online: click this link and complete exercises 1, 2, 3

MyEnglishlab: join my class and complete 2.2

Done? Study the vocab or read your book

Let me know if you have any questions or need help

Grammar explanation

Do you ...

... know how to use the Past Simple, Perfect & Continuous?

... know the difference between the Past Simple, Perfect & Continuous?

TO DO: study 2.2

Use the WB for extra practice