O2 past simple + past continuous / adjective + adverbs

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Past simple and past continuous

Susie ___ (watch) a film when she
___ (hear) the noise.

We ___ (play) tennis when John ___ (hurt) his ankle.

He ___ (take) a shower when the telephone ___ (ring).

When do we combine the past continuous and the past simple?

•  To show that something was happening (past continuous) during another action (past simple).

Example: I
was sitting in a café when you called.

• We often use these tenses to show an action (past simple) interrupting another action (past continuous).

Example: I broke my leg when I was skiing.

Keep an eye out for 'when' and 'while'

Keep in mind!

• It is possible to have multiple past continuous clauses in one sentence. This happens when the two actions both continued for a longer period of time.

Example: Father was smoking his pipe while mother was reading a magazine.

Example: It was pouring with rain and she was wondering what to do.

Hank ___ (cook) in the kitchen, his sister ___ (offer) to help but Hank ___ (refuse).

It ___ (rain) very hard, so the referee ___ (decide) not to play the match.

Adverbs and adjectives

Can we find the adverb and adjective?

The tall girl sings well.

Comparative adjectives

Dogs are ___ (intelligent) than rabbits.

Lucy is ___ (old) than Ellie.

My Latin class is ___ (boring) than my English class.

Comparative adjectives

Two types:

Short adjectives

Long adjectives

Short adjectives

Long adjectives

London is ___ (busy) than Glasgow.

My garden is a lot ___ (colourful) than this park.

Superlative adjectives

Canada is the second ___ country in the world. (large)

James is the ___ person in our office. (open-minded)

Superlative adjectives

Once again, two types:

Short adjectives

Long adjectives

Short adjectives

Long adjectives

Egypt is one of the ___
countries in the world. (old)

Spring is the ___
season of the year. (pleasant)