H2 Revision Present Simple, Past Continuous, WH-questions
H2 Recap of Present Simple, Past Continuous, WH-questions
Review the grammar
Talk about facts, routines and habits
Write about a past action in progress
Able to create and recognize forms of questions
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H2 Recap of Present Simple, Past Continuous, WH-questions
Review the grammar
Talk about facts, routines and habits
Write about a past action in progress
Able to create and recognize forms of questions
By the end, you can talk about habits, past moments and ask good questions
Present simple
Habits, facts and routines
Positive and negative
SHIT-rule
WH-questions
Asking for real details and stories
What, When, Why, Who, Where and How
Past continuous
Actions happening at a past moment
was or were + verb -ing
Present simple
Routine
I play football on Saturdays
Fact
The sun rises in the east
Use the present simple for things you do regularly, routines that repeat and facts that are always true.
Signal words to look out for:
always, usually, often, never, everyday
The SHIT-rule
The verb stays in its base form for most of the times unless one person or thing is the subject (he,she,it)
I/You/We/They
Work - Play - Eat
Keep the word in its base form
They play the guitar after class
She/He/It
Works - Plays - Eats
Always add the -s sound at the end
Karen plays the guitar after class
What changes when using SHIT?
Some verbs have special rules and change in a different way.
Negative form of don't and doesn't
To say that something does not happen, bring in the helper verb do or does plus not.
I/You/We/They don't
Subject + don't + base verb
We (not, play) tennis
I (not, eat) meat
I (not, walk) to school
He/She/It doesn't
Subject + doesn't + base verb
He (not, talk) alot
Gina (not have) a bike
Golden rule: Never say He doesn't plays. Only one -s per sentence!
Try it yourself
She ___ (like) pizza.
They ___ (not/watch) TV on school days.
He ___ (study) every night.
My cat ___ (not/eat) fish.
Past continuous: What was happening
Use past continuous when you freeze a specific moment in the past and look at an action happening right then.
Think of it like a movie paused at a single second: the action started earlier and has not finished yet.
How do you create the past continuous?
Subject + was / were + verb - ing
I was sleeping at 10 p.m. last night
Was or were?
Who did the action?
I was working last night
"I" did the action (singular) so we use was
Tim wasn't breathing for 20 seconds
"He(Tim)" did the action (SHIT) so we use was
They were listening to the coach
"They" did the action (plural) so we use were
Kies de juiste vorm: While I ___ TV, my brother called me.
was watching
watched
am watching
were watching
Past continuous in context
Yesterday evening, Tom was doing his homework at the kitchen table. His sister was listening to music in her room, so the house was quite noisy. At about eight o’clock, their mum came home while they were waiting for dinner. Outside, the rain was falling heavily, and a dog was barking in the street.
WH- questions
You should be able to ask people questions using complete sentences.
Try using the WH-questions:
What
Why
Where
When
How
Which wh-question fits this answer best: "In the library."?
Where?
When?
Who?
Why?
Which wh-question fits this answer best: "Because I was tired."?
What?
How?
Why?
When?
Which wh-question fits this answer best: "At half past eight."?
Who?
Where?
When?
Which?
