Past Continuous

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• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 2

Welcome students:)

Aim ...

→ After this lesson, you'll know how to to talk about things in the past that were happening for a while

This period

• October 1st: SO irregular verbs

• October 8th: Test chapter 1

• Test week: Reading test

Past continuous

How do you form it?

-She was walking to school, when her phone rang.

-I was drinking some tea, when my husband was working.

-What were you thinking of (when I interupted you)?

So the rule is: .................................

How do you form the past continuous?

Past Continuous

was

                                   of        +  ww   +  ing

were

He was cleaning the house.

Past Continuous

Past Continous en Past Simple

Past Continuous = was going on in the past (waren aan het..., zaten te...)

Past Simple = something happened at a certain time in the past

Past simple or Past continuous? I was having a shower yesterday.

A

Past simple

B

Past continuous

C

D

Was Andrew playing computer games?

A

Past Continuous

B

Simple Past

C

D

We sang that song yesterday.

A

Past Simple

B

Past continuous

C

D

When do you use e 'was' and when do you use 'were'?

So......when do you use the past continuous?

When do you use the past simple (verleden tijd)?

We ______ (watch) TV when we ______ (hear) a loud noise.

A

were watching - heared

B

was watching - heared

C

were watching - heard

D

was watching - heard

Last year I _____ (visit) Paris and Rome.

A

was visiting

B

visited

C

were visiting

D

visitted

He ____ (work) in the garden when he _____ (find) the money.

A

were working - finded

B

worked - was finding

C

was finding - works

D

was working - found

I understand the difference between the past simple and past continuous and know when and how to use these tenses.

A

Yes

B

I have no idea

C

sometimes

D

I already knew before we started this lesson.

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